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Giant Sinkhole!
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Posted by: jojomataketa
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A giant sinkhole that swallowed several homes and killed 2 is seen in Guatemala City
Reuters
Posted by: forwardone
Any idea what caused that to happen, jojo?
Bad as it was, if there was a block of flats on top then it could have been so much worse. 
Posted by: golddust
Maybe there was
. How deep did that go?
Posted by: jojomataketa
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala -- A Guatemala City neighborhood is reeling after a 330-feet-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers and swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday.
About 1,000 people were evacuated from the area.
Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main.
The pit emitted foul odors, loud noises and tremors, shaking the surrounding ground. A rush of water could be heard from its depths, and authorities feared it could widen or others could open up.
Rescue operations were on hold until a firefighter, suspended from a cable, could take video and photos above the hole and officials could use the documentation to decide how to proceed.
The dead were identified as Irma and David Soyos, emergency spokesman Juan Carlos Bolanos said. Their bodies were found near the sinkhole, floating in a river of sewage.
Their father, Domingo, was still missing, according to disaster coordinator Hugo Hernandez.
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Posted by: golddust
What a way to discover a ruptured sewage main. With the number of homes involved, it's lucky more lives weren't lost.