live coverage | brazil is experiencing a historic drought
2024-09-16
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↑this is a drone photo of the madeira river taken in porto velho, rondonia, brazil on september 13. according to data from the brazilian geological survey, the madeira river in the amazon basin has reached its lowest water level in history.
data recently released by the brazilian national center for natural disaster monitoring and early warning shows that this year's drought in brazil has affected about 5 million square kilometers, affecting about 59% of the country's land area. data from the environmental satellite application laboratory of the federal university of rio de janeiro in brazil show that in the past three months, about 3 million hectares of land have been damaged by fires. data show that the number of fires in the brazilian pantanal wetlands has jumped from 373 to thousands compared with the same period in 2023.
xinhua news agency reporter wang tiancong photographed the report
↑this is a drone photo of the madeira river taken in porto velho, rondonia, brazil on september 12. according to data from the brazilian geological survey, the madeira river in the amazon basin has reached its lowest water level in history.
↑this is a drone photo of the amazon forest shrouded in smoke taken in porto velho, rondonia, brazil on september 12.
↑this is a drone photo of a fire site taken on september 12 in porto velho, rondonia state, brazil.
↑this is a drone photo of a fire site taken on september 12 in porto velho, rondonia state, brazil.
↑this is a photo taken on september 12 of a fire site in porto velho, rondonia state, brazil.
↑this is a drone photo of the amazon forest on fire taken on september 13 in são lourenço, rondonia, brazil.
↑this is a photo taken on september 12 of a fire site in porto velho, rondonia state, brazil.
↑this is a drone photo of the amazon forest on fire and the madeira river in the distance taken in sao lourenco, rondonia, brazil on september 13.
↑this is a drone photo of city buildings and streets shrouded in smoke taken in porto velho, rondonia, brazil on september 12.
↑this is a drone photo of the madeira river taken in porto velho, rondonia, brazil on september 13. according to data from the brazilian geological survey, the madeira river in the amazon basin has reached its lowest water level in history.
↑this is a drone photo of the amazon forest on fire taken on september 13 in são lourenço, rondonia, brazil.
