The Guatemala sinkhole of May 31, 2010 appears to be one of the worst sinkholes in Guatemala City history. These extremely surreal photos are depicting an terrible crater that was said to be caused by tropical storm Agatha. The Guatemala sinkhole is being called a “hundimiento” or spontaneous sinkhole by the Guatemala City government. Their scientists say this is just a random occurrence that happens from time to time when major storms pass by. They generally only make slight depressions rather than this extremely deep freak of a sinkhole.
Update#1: According to a local named “Les” There used to be a house on the corner, and there was possibly up to three people in the house during the time of the Guatemala sinkhole. This is turning out to be more tragic than originally thought, however I still think this could have gone much worse being that it was in an intersection in the large city of Guatemala City.
Update#2: A body was just recently pulled from the giant sinkhole in Guatemala City, which has now been measured to be over 200 feet deep.
Update#3: A viewer was asking for the Guatemala Sinkhole Coordinates, and it is roughly in the north eastern part of the city at: 14° 39′ 7.5″ N, 90° 30′ 21.5″ W
Update#4: The Guatemala City Death Toll is up to 150 from Tropical Storm Agatha, mostly from flooding and landslides. According to the breaking news articles, it seems only one man has actually died from the sinkhole itself
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