Brazilian city in Amazon declares emergency after huge sinkholes appear

<p>In Buriticupu, about 1,200 people risk losing their homes, and residents have seen the problem escalate in 30 years</p><p>Authorities in a city in the Brazilian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/amazon-rainforest">Amazon </a>have declared a state of emergency after huge sinkholes opened up, threatening hundreds of homes.</p><p>Several buildings in Buriticupu, in Maranhão state, have already been destroyed, and about 1,200 people of a population of 55,000 risk losing their homes into a widening abyss.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/21/amazon-brazil-sinkhole">Continue reading...</a>