Post by Dave on Jun 3, 2010 20:13:03 GMT -5
This looks like cheap artwork for a 1970's film, doesn't it? Well, it's real and it's 300 feet deep!
" ... a giant sinkhole caused by the rains of Tropical Storm Agatha in Guatemala City on June 2. Collapsed roads and highway bridges complicated rescue efforts in Guatemala after Agatha drenched Central America, burying homes under mud and killing at least 180 people."
Series of photos begin at:
www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Guatemala-sinkhole
Background story on devastation caused by Hurrican Agatha is at:
www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2010/0601/Tropical-Storm-Agatha-floods-kill-150-cause-giant-sinkhole-in-Guatemala-City
