Guatemala’s sinkhole that has been caused by a thunderstorm name Agatha is not a sinkhole at all according to experts. Geologist Sam Bonis has defined what is a sinkhole. According to him, a sinkhole is an area where its bedrock is solid but has been eaten away by ground water. This one Guatemala is somewhat different and it is dangerous as well.
Wikipedia has defined sinkhole to be a natural depression or hole in the surface topography caused by karst processes – the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks. The one in Guatemala was formed because of a tropical storm named Agatha. It’s formation is also due to the city’s bad drainage system .
“Our recommendation was that this could happen again. When you have water flowing from storm water runoff, a sewage pipe, or any kind of strong flow, it eats away at the loose material. We don’t know how long it has to go on before it collapses. But once it starts collapsing, God help us.” Bonis added.
A similar hole had formed nearby in February 2007 and Sam Bonis was part of a team of geologists who studied it.
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