A total of 500 houses have now been lost to the sea, turning this once idyllic coastline into an underwater graveyard.
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Vultures roam the sand in the Brazilian resort town of Atafona amid the ruins of the latest houses destroyed by the sea, whose relentless rise has turned the local coastline into an apocalyptic landscape.
Vultures roam the sand in the Brazilian resort town of Atafona amid the ruins of the latest houses destroyed by the sea, whose relentless rise has turned the local coastline into an apocalyptic landscape. The Atlantic Ocean advances an average of 6m a year in this small town north of Rio de Janeiro, which has long been prone to extreme erosion – now exacerbated by climate change.
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