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Sinking of Maceió

2018 CE · Brazil, South America · Disaster

Sinking of Maceió
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The sinking of Maceió is a geological process of soil subsidence in several neighborhoods of the Brazilian city of Maceió, capital of the state of Alagoas, of an anthropogenic nature, caused by the inadequate exploitation and consequent collapse of the rock salt mines of the Brazilian mining company Braskem.

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