It is What Happens After you Mess With Earth [Video]

The sinkhole that opened the Gates of Hell in Guatemala is nothing compared to the astonishing landslide that destroyed Manaus port, on the Rio Grande riverside. Land liquefied and the river drank it all, humans and their industry included.

This CCTV video shows the catastrophe that happened at the Brazilian port on October 17. It’s believed that at the least twelve people-two of them confirmed-lost their lives throughout the disaster.

According to port owner, José Ferreira de Oliveira, the virtually 1,000-foot-long landslide happened when workers were using heavy machinery to build a ramp to glue the port to the Rio Negro. The most recent ramp was being built because the river level had dropped from 98 feet to 44 feet, taking its shore faraway from the port side.

Everything went to hell in seconds, with more than fifty containers loaded with electronic and chemical products, trucks and port equipment falling into the black river as concrete and asphalt crumbled without support. The landslide also took a river barge filled with diesel oil, in line with the authorities, and are still shopping for victims. [ R7 -In Portuguese]

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