The once-busy city of Maceio has seen tens of thousands of residents evacuate in the last two years, as rock salt mining caused their homes to start coming apart. Now, less than 3 per cent of homes remain occupied.
In northeastern Brazil, Alagoas used to be filled with the sounds of busy city life: cars and buses going to places of business, people enjoying daily life, and children playing. They have since left because their now empty houses are falling apart and face destruction.
MACEIO, Brazil (AP) This part of Maceio, the capital of Brazil’s northeastern Alagoas state, used to buzz with the sounds of cars, commerce and children playing. It went silent as residents evacuated en masse, eager to escape the looming destruction of their homes, which were cracking and crumbling.
MACEIO, Brazil (AP) This part of Maceio, the capital of Brazil's northeastern Alagoas state, used to buzz with the sounds of cars, commerce and children playing. It went silent as residents evacuated en masse, eager to escape the looming destruction of their homes, which were cracking and crumbling.
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