The global phenomenon swallowing whole neighbourhoods

01 07 2024 | 08:03BBC

Entire communities across Africa and Latin America are disappearing because of an extreme form of soil erosion. Experts have told the BBC that gully erosion is advancing at a worrying speed thanks to deforestation and the extreme weather caused by climate change and a lack of urban planning. The BBC’s population correspondent Stephanie Hegarty hears from people in two cities on the edge of a ravine.

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