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A sinkhole which originated on the corner of Águila Blanquinegra and James Watt, Perimeter Village San Simon Culhuacán, forced the the Iztapalapa authorities to evict at least 20 families.
The rupture of a water pipe with a diameter of 50 inches, belonging to the Water System of the City of Mexico, caused by several days of leaking, the cavity, which is 15 meters wide and almost 10 meters deep.The local authorities have provided the affected families to stay at a hotel close by for elderly, while they have established a temporary shelter for the young.
Civil protection authorities have reported that there are five homes with severe damage.
Translation: Sott.net
Comment: So a leaking pipe caused the collapse? If it's not the 'tired' limestone theory, it's the leaking pipe story which authorities bring out to calm any further questions about a concerning tendency:
Erosion of soluble bedrock (sometimes involving water saturation) seems indeed to be factors in the growing phenomena, but it seems a key player is missing to explain the worldwide rise of this and other areas of growth in extreme climactic and geologic events. Look for Pierre Lescaudron's soon to be released book, for clues on the matter: