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light of hope.
Sinkhole forms under Guatemalan woman's bed
A man inspects a sinkhole that formed in a house in the north of Guatemala City. …
.When neighbors heard the loud boom overnight they thought a cooking gas canister had detonated.
Instead they found a deep sinkhole the size of a large pot inside a home in a neighborhood
just north of Guatemala City.
The sinkhole that appeared late Monday was 12.2 meters (40 feet) deep and 80 centimeters
(32 inches) in diameter, an AFP journalist who visited the site reported.
The hole is tiny compared to giant sinkhole that formed nearby in 2007 that was 100 meters (330 feet) deep
and swallowed several homes and a truck, killing three people. Area residents were forced to evacuate for days.
A 2010 sinkhole also in the same area, measuring 18 meters (60 feet) wide and about 30 meters deep,
swallowed a three-story building and a nearby house when it suddenly formed.
"When we heard the loud boom we thought a gas canister from a neighboring home had exploded,
or there had been a crash on the street," said Inocenta Hernandez, a 65 year-old widow.
"We rushed out to look and saw nothing. A gentleman told me that the noise came from my house,
and we searched until we found it under my bed," said Hernandez.
"Thank God there are only material damages, because my grandchildren were running around the house,
into that room and out to the patio," she said.
Police, members of the country's natural disaster office and water utility company officials came to visit the site.
Sinkholes, formed by the natural process of erosion, can be gradual but are often sudden.
Guatemala City, built on volcanic deposits, is especially prone to sinkholes, often blamed on a leaky sewer system or on heavy rain.
Instead they found a deep sinkhole the size of a large pot inside a home in a neighborhood
just north of Guatemala City.
The sinkhole that appeared late Monday was 12.2 meters (40 feet) deep and 80 centimeters
(32 inches) in diameter, an AFP journalist who visited the site reported.
The hole is tiny compared to giant sinkhole that formed nearby in 2007 that was 100 meters (330 feet) deep
and swallowed several homes and a truck, killing three people. Area residents were forced to evacuate for days.
A 2010 sinkhole also in the same area, measuring 18 meters (60 feet) wide and about 30 meters deep,
swallowed a three-story building and a nearby house when it suddenly formed.
"When we heard the loud boom we thought a gas canister from a neighboring home had exploded,
or there had been a crash on the street," said Inocenta Hernandez, a 65 year-old widow.
"We rushed out to look and saw nothing. A gentleman told me that the noise came from my house,
and we searched until we found it under my bed," said Hernandez.
"Thank God there are only material damages, because my grandchildren were running around the house,
into that room and out to the patio," she said.
Police, members of the country's natural disaster office and water utility company officials came to visit the site.
Sinkholes, formed by the natural process of erosion, can be gradual but are often sudden.
Guatemala City, built on volcanic deposits, is especially prone to sinkholes, often blamed on a leaky sewer system or on heavy rain.
Sinkholes in photos
Powerful thunderstorms and widespread flooding caused this sinkhole to open up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
A homeowner looks at a sinkhole that appeared outside his Hawaii home after a 6.7 tremblor struck the island in 2006.
A bird's-eye view of the giant sinkhole which swallowed a 3-storey building after it opened up in Guatemela City last year.
A structure is swallowed up after a sinkhole opened up in Guatemala City.
A sinkhole opens up in Nixa, Missouri.
Workers inspect a sink hole caused by flooding at the Pacific Cove Mobile Home Park in Capitola, Calif., Friday, March 25, 2011.
A powerful storm swept across California flooding part of Capitola, in Santa Cruz County, and forcing dozens of mobile homes
residents to evacuate. The storm soaked hillsides along the coast threatening landslides as the rain continues.
City crews work to attach chains on a City of Houston Public Works dump truck, after it fell into a sink hole
caused by a cave-in on Balmforth at Dumfries near Godwin Park, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, in Houston.
Officials said the truck was carrying gravel to repair potholes on the street when the road fell out beneath the truck,
which fell into the hole backwards. No injuries were reported and the truck was later lifted out by a large crane.
A Los Angeles fire engine topples over in a sinkhole caused by a burst water pipe.
A pickup truck is partially buried at the bottom of a 60-foot-deep sinkhole off the southbound lane of a Pennsylvania highway.
A Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010 photo provided by the Clackamas Fire District 1 shows Oregon firefighters working to rescue a camel,
Moses, who got stuck in a sinkhole 6 to 8 feet deep after he fell in. Firefighters were called by the Oregon City owners of the camel,
who have several camels and run a children's ministry. Firefighhters shoveled mud for several hours to free him.
A veterinarian said the animal looked unhurt.
CHEVY CHASE, MD - DECEMBER 3: Utlity workers examine the scene of a car caught in a sinkhole caused by a
broken water main, which collapsed part of Friendship Blvd. on December 3, 2010 in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
No one was reported injured in the accident. (Photo by Logan Mock-Bunting/Getty Images)
CHEVY CHASE, MD - DECEMBER 3: A car sits in a sinkhole caused by a broken water main,
which collapsed part of Friendship Blvd.
on December 3, 2010 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. No one was reported injured in the accident.
(Photo by Logan Mock-Bunting/Getty Images)
A large sinkhole is seen along Lemond Rd., near Kim Lane in Owatonna, Minn. on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.
Heavy rains have caused flooding in numerous locations in southeastern Minnesota, including Owatonna where
the Maple Creek spilled over its banks.
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