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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 ...

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