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G_j

(40,367 posts)
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 05:54 PM Jan 2020

Puerto Rican natural wonder, Punta Ventana, collapses amid 5.8 magnitude earthquake

Source: Miami Herald

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
One of Puerto Rico’s iconic natural wonders — a soaring stone arch along the southern coast known as Punta Ventana or Window Point — collapsed early Monday as a 5.79 earthquake rattled the island.

Denniza Colon, a 22-year-old resident of Guayanilla, said she went by the area Monday and was shocked to find the arch, a place that she visited frequently as a child, had simply vanished.

“This is really sad,” she said in a telephone interview. “It was one of the biggest tourism draws of Guayanilla.”

Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory of 3.2 million, has been jolted by a series of earthquakes that began on Dec. 28 and have been concentrated along the southern part of the island.



Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article238996843.html



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Puerto Rican natural wonder, Punta Ventana, collapses amid 5.8 magnitude earthquake (Original Post) G_j Jan 2020 OP
What a shame. MontanaMama Jan 2020 #1
Good grief! 2naSalit Jan 2020 #2
... mcar Jan 2020 #3
Aw shit. Hurts my heart to see that. calimary Jan 2020 #4
That sucks... nt reACTIONary Jan 2020 #5

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)
2. Good grief!
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 08:12 PM
Jan 2020

It seems like many of the natural wonders we cherish are either being destroyed or collapsing.

calimary

(81,322 posts)
4. Aw shit. Hurts my heart to see that.
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 08:47 PM
Jan 2020

For Pete’s sake does Puerto Rico really need another body blow like that? Haven’t they had enough bad news?!

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