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Published: 06/2/10

Giant Guatemala Sinkhole Growing, Could Swallow More, Says Geologist

By  Carl Franzen - Politics Daily
Giant Guatemala Sinkhole Growing, Could Swallow More, Says Geologist

Could the giant, 60-feet wide, 30-story-deep sinkhole that has already swallowed a building and claimed the life of at least one man in Guatemala City be increasing in size and appetite? That's the theory posited by at least one expert, Dr. James Currens, a hydrogeologist from the University of Kentucky who was interviewed on Tuesday by National Geographic. According to Currens, "depending on the makeup of the subsurface layer, the Guatemala sinkhole 'could eventually enlarge and take in more buildings.'" The phenomenon of rapidly growing sinkholes is well documented, but the Guatemala case ...

Published: 06/1/10

Tropical Storm Agatha Death, Destruction Figures Rise

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
Tropical Storm Agatha Death, Destruction Figures Rise

As 2010's hurricane season officially began on Tuesday, government workers in Central America were busy taking stock of the casualties and devastation left behind from Tropical Storm Agatha. Here are the latest figures: 179 people have been confirmed dead. 152 of those were reported by government officials in Guatemala, where 100 others are still missing. 17 people in Honduras and 10 more in El Salvador have also been killed, the Associated Press reported. 125,000 Guatemalans and 11,000 El Salvadorans have been evacuated so far because of a series of mudslides triggered by the violent ...

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