Oh wow! I just came across this.
What does one do about this? Is there a solution? Does this interfere with traffic?
I was reading a little news this morning and this caught me off guard.
Guatemala is in a state of crisis today after twin natural calamities struck: First, the Pacaya volcano (just 19 miles from the capital) woke up in a bad mood. Lava flowed, black sand and rock and ash spewed everywhere. A newscaster covering the event, near the volcano, was killed by flying rocks.
Then, tropical storm “Agatha” struck, destroying homes, causing floods, and creating tens of thousands of internally displaced. Infrastructure in this country-where the majority live in poverty-is very poor, and ill-equipped to handle such a double blow. As of last night, official numbers on storm: about 30,000 “refugees,” close to 120,000 evacuated, 93 dead and rising.
The poorest always suffer the most when events like this happen, and the two events together caused surreal conditions: knee-deep black sand mud, and “instant concrete” which formed when rains met ash, clogging up drains and laying waste to fragile sewage systems. Said a friend on Twitter, “Water and sand everywhere… it’s like the beach, only a lot less fun.”
Source: http://io9.com/5551931/tropical-storm-agatha-opens-up-massive-horrifying-sinkholes-in-guatemala-city
