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A total of 14 blocks and 500 houses have now been lost to the sea in Atafona, Brazil

Video. This is how Brazil's biggest tourist hotspot got swallowed by the sea

Updated: 17/02/2022 - 18:38 GMT+1

Where once holidaymakers came in their droves, now only vultures roam the beaches of Atafona - a former Brazilian resort that is soon to be washed into the sea

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