A cavernous and almost perfectly round sinkhole swallowed an entire intersection in Guatemala City during a tropical storm, spooking people in the neighborhood but exciting geologists. The hole is 20 meters across and plunges nearly 30 meters deep. Geologists said that the circular shape suggested a cave formation underneath, but what exactly caused the sinkhole was still a mystery. <table style="width: 408px; height: 654px" bordercolor="black" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="white" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2010/jun/hole1.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr> <tr> <td>Large sinkholes caused by storm Agatha in Guatemala. A violent storm that whalloped Central America over the weekend killed more than 100 people and left a swath of destruction. PICS/AFP</td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2010/jun/hole2.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr></tbody></table> Tropical Storm Agatha - the first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season, took an inland route, drenching El Salvador and Guatemala last weekend. u00a0 On May 30th, the heavy rains caused by the storms had left more than 100 people dead in Guatemala and El Salvador, also causing flash floods and mudslides - leaving more than 70,000 homeless. u00a0 On May 31, Agatha's maximum sustained winds decreased to 30 miles per hour as her remnants crossed Guatemala's western highlands and were headed into the Gulf of Mexico. u00a0 By June 1, Agatha's remnants had moved into the northwestern Caribbean Sea, and were located just east of the Yucatan peninsula - still producing intermittent showers and thunderstorms. u00a0 The National Hurricane Center (NHC) noted that "Upper-level winds... particularly to the north of the system in the Gulf of Mexico are not conducive for development." u00a0 Agatha stands only a 10 per cent chance of becoming tropical once again.

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A cavernous and almost perfectly round sinkhole swallowed an entire intersection in Guatemala City during a tropical storm, spooking people in the neighborhood but exciting geologists.

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