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Buriticupu, in the interior of Maranhão, is home to huge craters that threaten to split the city in half. The gullies are formed from extreme soil degradation, as a result of decades of environmental exploitation and are now intensified by climate change. Our reporter Shin Suzuki went to Buriticupu to learn about the devastating effects of gullies on people's lives there - and tries to find out what can be done to overcome the problem. Check out this BBC News Brasil documentary. Text report here: https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/resour... #bbcnewsbrasil #documentary #environment BBC News Brasil has arrived on WhatsApp! From now on, you can receive news, analyses and audios that we publish daily on your cell phone. Click here to follow our channel on your WhatsApp, both on your cell phone and on WhatsApp Web: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaVH... Did you like it? Subscribe to the BBC News Brasil channel! And if you want to read more news, click here: https://www.bbcbrasil.com