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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.
Overall, the risk of sinkholes occurring in Guatemala City is very high and often unpredictable. [6] One recent, similar sinkhole had collapsed in 2007, forming a pit 100 m (330 feet) deep. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The 2007 Guatemala City sinkhole was formed by fluid from a sewer eroding uncemented volcanic ash , limestone , and other pyroclastic deposits ...
2007 Guatemala City sinkhole; 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole; 2015 Guatemala landslide; 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption; F. May 1982 Central America floods;
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.
New York City officials are contending with aging sewer systems that are succumbing to the impacts of climate change. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) identified 3,921 sinkholes ...
Pages in category "Sinkholes of North America" ... 0–9. 2007 Guatemala City sinkhole; 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole; D. Dean's Blue Hole; Devil's Hole, Bermuda; G.
Six people died after a sinkhole swallowed a bus in China. The incident occurred in Xining City in the northwestern part of the country. The collapse of the road was captured on closed-circuit ...
The city of Franklin recently repaired a large sinkhole on West Puetz Road. Work is done around a sinkhole at Big Bay Park on North Lake Drive in Whitefish Bay on Monday, June 10, 2024. A closer ...