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The sinkhole was created by fluid from a sewer eroding uncemented volcanic ash, limestone, and other pyroclastic deposits underlying Guatemala City. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The hazards around the pipe have since then been mitigated, by improved handling of the city's wastewater and runoff, [ 3 ] and plans to develop on the site have been proposed.
2007 Guatemala City sinkhole; 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole; 2015 Guatemala landslide; 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption; F. May 1982 Central America floods;
According to Sam Bonis, a geologist at Dartmouth College, leaking pipes went unfixed long enough to create the conditions necessary for sinkhole formation because of city zoning regulations and building codes. [3] Bonis also says that the Guatemala City sinkhole is a misnomer: sinkholes have natural causes, but this one was mainly artificial. [3]
The 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole. 2007 Guatemala City sinkhole – a 100 m (330 ft) deep sinkhole which formed in 2007 due to sewage pipe ruptures. 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole – a disaster in which an area approximately 20 m (65 ft) across and 90 m (300 ft) deep collapsed, swallowing a three-story factory.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Riot police began efforts Tuesday to clear roadblocks by protesters that have paralyzed parts of Guatemala for more than a week, just hours after President Alejandro ...
Mid-December 2007 North American winter storms; 2007 Asian heat wave; 2007 European heatwave; 2007 Guatemala City sinkhole; 2007 North American heat wave; Early December 2007 North American winter storm
A massive sink hole stretching 100 feet opened up in an Illinois park on Wednesday, swallowing a light pole in the middle of recreational fields and leaving a gaping, deep hole in its wake.
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