Video of Massive Guatemala Sinkhole

Posted on June 1, 2010

Here is a video of the giant sinkhole - 66 feet wide and 100 feeet deep - that swallowed an entire intersection in Guatemala City during Tropical Storm Agatha. Geologists say there may have been an underground cave underneath the intersection. A Guardian story says the sinkhole swallowed a three story building. The AP says the building was a clothing factory. Workers were not in the building at the time. Take a look:

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