FormulaNova said...
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I think the article in the paper suggested that it might have been caused by a water pipe or sewer leaking. It must have been a very porous soil though.
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I think the paper got it wrong, would have to have been a very deep water pipe, the new scientest explanation makes more sense, natural underground water, especially after the downpour they'd just had
1 June
A tropical storm has hit Guatemala, bringing with it torrential rains, adding to the disruption already caused by an earlier volcano eruption. Tropical storm Agatha hit the country on Saturday and so far has killed more than 100 people and left a swathe of destruction, including this gaping 60-metre-deep sinkhole in central Guatemala City.
Sinkholes form where the underlying rock is sedimentary or can be easily dissolved. Groundwater circulating through it dissolves the rock, eventually causing the surface to collapse.
And I've just discovered my link no longer works, I'll have to edit the first post.
