Tropical Storm Agatha opens sink hole in Guatemala City
May 31, 2010, 6:31 pm
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Tropical Storm Agatha opens sink hole in Guatemala City
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americ...ncy/index.html
(CNN) -- At least 115 people have died after a tropical storm battered Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over the weekend, officials in those countries reported.
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In the northern part of Guatemala City, the downpour created a giant sinkhole that swallowed up a space larger than the area of a street intersection. Residents told CNN that a three-story building and a house fell into the hole.
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In the northern part of Guatemala City, the downpour created a giant sinkhole that swallowed up a space larger than the area of a street intersection. Residents told CNN that a three-story building and a house fell into the hole.
Jun 2, 2010, 9:34 am
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Active discussion under way in this thread in OMNI.
(This forum is probably a better place for it, but even die-hard lovers of Central America will have to admit that OMNI gets more traffic.)
(This forum is probably a better place for it, but even die-hard lovers of Central America will have to admit that OMNI gets more traffic.)