an old seaside town soon to be swallowed up by the waters?

In Brazil, a city is being wiped off the map. 300 kilometers from Rio, the seaside town of Atafona is disappearing, devoured by the sea. 500 houses have already been swallowed up. “We can’t stay like this, it’s become an abandoned town. We’re living in an apocalypse, it’s heartbreaking“, deplores Veronica Viera, president of the SOS Atafona association.

On the two kilometers of beach, we better measure the extent of the damage. These areas were inhabited until recently in this place where the sea is gaining an average of six meters per year. “I am making arrangements to leave this place with my family. I don’t want to put her in danger“, explains a resident of the coast. Human activity, but above all coastal erosion are at the origin of these impressive natural changes. Several projects, such as the construction of dikes or the deposit of new sand, have been proposed. at the town hall. No solution is currently envisaged.