A massive, intersection-spanning sinkhole formed in a northern Guatemala City, Guatemala in the aftermath Tropical Storm Agatha. A security guard was killed when the sinkhole opened, according to local newspaper reports. The sinkhole also swallowed a three-story building and a house. Neither of these reports have been confirmed.
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The sinkhole’s formation was attributed to a poorly constructed sewage system. The sinkhole, however, was one of Guatemala’s lesser concerns as mudslides buried civilians, closed roads, collapsed bridges and forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes.
Tropical Storm Agatha, which hit Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, has killed over 100 people. Agatha’s strength decreased and fell from tropical storm status to tropical depression status Saturday and, by Sunday, lost its depression ranking.