Guatemala-gigantic-hole
Source: AP
Foto: Reuters/Scanpix
Sat, Feb 24, 2007
Associated Press reports that a 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers as it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood. Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main.
The one hundred metres deep hole opened in one one of the city's poorest and most overpopulated parts. The three who are missing is a 53 year old man, and two teenagers, one boy and a girl.
"The shaking of the house woke us up," said 26-year old Edward Ramirez, who lives 50 metres (50 yards) from the sinkhole and said residents had been hearing noises and feeling tremors for about a month. "People were shouting 'the electric posts are falling down!' We are going to a friend's house now, there's no way we'll stay here."
There was found a dead body down in the ... that surrounded the hole, but it is unclear if it's a victim after the accident.
Around the smelly hole people can still hear sounds and the ground is still shivering, the government fears that the hole will expand.
Guatemala-gigantic-hole
Source: AP
Foto: Reuters/Scanpix
Sat, Feb 24, 2007
Associated Press reports that a 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers as it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood. Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main.
The one hundred metres deep hole opened in one one of the city's poorest and most overpopulated parts. The three who are missing is a 53 year old man, and two teenagers, one boy and a girl.
"The shaking of the house woke us up," said 26-year old Edward Ramirez, who lives 50 metres (50 yards) from the sinkhole and said residents had been hearing noises and feeling tremors for about a month. "People were shouting 'the electric posts are falling down!' We are going to a friend's house now, there's no way we'll stay here."
There was found a dead body down in the ... that surrounded the hole, but it is unclear if it's a victim after the accident.
Around the smelly hole people can still hear sounds and the ground is still shivering, the government fears that the hole will expand.