Brazilian city in Amazon declares emergency after huge sinkholes appear
by Reuters in Buriticupu from Environment | The Guardian on (#6VEQR)
In Buriticupu, about 1,200 people risk losing their homes, and residents have seen the problem escalate in 30 years
Authorities in a city in the Brazilian Amazon have declared a state of emergency after huge sinkholes opened up, threatening hundreds of homes.
Several buildings in Buriticupu, in Maranhao state, have already been destroyed, and about 1,200 people of a population of 55,000 risk losing their homes into a widening abyss.
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