storm + volcano = sink hole

guatemala city, guatemala, central america - our neighbors to the south are having a bit of a problem with traffic downtown except it's not cars getting dismantled rather three-storey buildings are disappearing. talk about your pot hole! 200 ft deep into the earth's surface. i had to look at this a thousand times. it looks unreal! i mean the recipe for a pot hole is basically heavy 16-wheelers cause cracks in the road, cracks getting filled with water causing erosion (or freeing and expanding) until cars run over it constantly causing it to get bigger. but 200 ft of sink holeness? what's the recipe for that?
it's staring with the forever churning volcano down there simmering below the earth's surface. add a tropical storm from the pacific dumping oodles of rain (causing mudslides etc) and now you have highly unstable mush with heavy stuff on top off it and boom! a 200 ft sink hole.

full article here

storm damages:
123 deaths have been confirmed while 59 people are still unaccounted for.
1 man was in the building when it collapsed (presumed dead)
94,000 people have been evacuated
usa government has donated $113,000 for emergency supplies etc

thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected.

Dom
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