A giant sinkhole appeared on a busy intersection in Guatemala City, brought on by Tropical Storm Agatha.

The Hollywood horror-esque pit, which has swallowed a three-storey building and part of the street, opened up after several days of torrential rain that have left 120 dead throughout the country.

CNN reported residents saying that a poor sewage drainage system was to blame for the sinkhole and that a similar one opened up last year.

Meanwhile, West of Guatemala City, in Chimaltenango, landslides buried dozens of rural Indian communities and killed at least 60 people, according to Governor Erick de Leon.

Agatha has left 144 people dead and many homeless across Central America in the first storm of the Pacific hurricane season.

Guatemala sinkhole

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