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GUATEMALA CITY — Maria del Carmen de Ramirez’s house is just as she left it when she fled into the evening during a torrential downpour, as a cavernous sinkhole opened up and swallowed the clothing factory next door.
A week later, de Ramirez hasn’t dared go back inside to pick up so much as a toothbrush. “All I have is what people have given me,” she said.
The sinkhole opened up suddenly May 30, about 66 feet across, nearly 100 feet deep and almost a perfect circle at its gaping mouth. Many who lived nearby have abandoned their homes. Authorities have not confirmed any deaths from the sinkhole.
Experts still haven’t determined what caused the huge hole to open or whether it could keep growing.
