Tropical Storm Agatha hit Guatemala, the formation of ground subsidence pit

     Tropical storm "Agatha, " May 31 to continue to hit Central America, causing at least 142 people were killed and more than a dozen people transfer.
North of the capital Guatemala City, Guatemala there is a depth of 60 meters, 30 meters in diameter hole, the locals said that a 3-storey buildings and a large hole houses were swallowed, resulting in a private security deaths. It is reported that the hole is due to the fragile local underground pipeline system can not be caused by rain water to drain away. In 2007, a similar collapse of holes in this region, there were 3 people were killed.






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