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12-19-2007, 05:00 PM
In the Carlos Diaz area of Tamboril the earth is giving way and sinking. More than 50 homes have been seriously damaged or destroyed, forcing many residents to seek shelter in schools and at the homes of relatives or friends. The sinking earth is to be found along a three-kilometer stretch of highway in Carlos Diaz and people have reported hearing "explosions from deep in the earth." At the Maestro Alfonso Foundation, 30 children who attend classes had to leave the building after large cracks appeared in the walls and floor. Houses in a nearby community, Arroyo del Toro, are also experiencing similar damage, and, according to the local mayor Roselio Llano, the damage occurred after the recent quakes and Tropical Storms Noel and Olga. According to geologist Orlando Franco, the saturated soil is the main reason behind the phenomenon, and Carlos Diaz happens to sit astride a fault line that crosses the Northern Mountain range.
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