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Massive sinkholes put hundreds in Amazonian town at risk

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Some 1,200 people of Buriticupu , Brazil , at risk of having their homes tip into the widening abyss.

Rains slowly erode soils made vulnerable by their sandy nature, plus a combination of poorly planned building work and deforestation.

The large soil erosions are known in Brazil as "voçoroca", a word of indigenous origins that means "to tear the earth".

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English

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