The mystery of the vanishing river of Veracruz that left 10,000 people without water

The Atoyac River in Veracruz, Mexico, vanished overnight leaving 10,000 people without water. This river is the sole source of water for the state of Veracruz and it is believed to have disappeared into a crevice following an earthquake tremor. It is still not clear how much of the river, which crosses eight municipalities in the mountainous area of central Mexico, was affected by the suspected sinkhole.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 4 March 2016.

The crack had opened up in San Fermin and the residents claimed to have heard a loud noise and felt the whole earth trembling beneath them during the night. When they realized that the taps were not running they went to look and saw a crevice in the riverbed into which the water was vanishing instead of going its normal course.
Civil Protection officers were called out and they found that the crevice was nearly 30 metres (100ft) long. The director of Emergencies for Civil Protection has confirmed that the crevice had been caused by a 'geological fracture'. It seems these cracks open in the land and continue to open and create more cracks.
This crack starts around 1.8 miles from the source of the river and this river supplies water not only to thousands of families, but also to sugar plantations which provide livelihood to most of the locals. Emergency plans are being drawn up to solve this new and dramatic water shortage which is an act of God.


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