DoomsdaysCW<p>During <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a>’s worst <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> rage and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmazonRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonRiver</span></a> falls to a record low</p><p>By FABIANO MAISONNAVE<br>Updated 2:47 PM EDT, September 10, 2024</p><p>BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — "Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59% of the country under stress — an area roughly half the size of the U.S.</p><p>"Major Amazon basin rivers are registering historic lows, and uncontrolled manmade wildfires have ravaged protected areas and spread smoke over a vast expanse, plummeting air quality.</p><p>"'This is the first time that a drought has covered all the way from the North to the country’s Southeast,' Ana Paula Cunha, a researcher at the National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters, said in a statement Thursday. 'It is the most intense and widespread drought in history.'</p><p>"Smoke on Monday afternoon caused <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaoPaulo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaoPaulo</span></a>, a metropolitan area of 21 million people, to breathe the second most <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PollutedAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PollutedAir</span></a> in the world after <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LahorePakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LahorePakistan</span></a>, according to data gathered by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IQAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IQAir</span></a>, a Swiss air technology company.</p><p>"About 1,100 kilometers (683 miles) to the north, a wildfire is sweeping through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChapadaDosVeadeiros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChapadaDosVeadeiros</span></a> National Park, one of Brazil’s most famous tourism sites.</p><p>"'This year, the dry season started much earlier than in previous years, whereas the rain season was intense yet short,' Nayara Stacheski, head of the park, told The Associated Press. 'The wind is strong, the air humidity is very low and it’s extremely hot. All this worsens the wildfire.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/brazil-drought-amazon-wildfires-smoke-heat-7d96dbbf5c4339050fb24bbbde6c3b82" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/brazil-drou</span><span class="invisible">ght-amazon-wildfires-smoke-heat-7d96dbbf5c4339050fb24bbbde6c3b82</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rainforests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rainforests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Extremeweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extremeweather</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrazilWx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrazilWx</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWx</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeDrought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeDrought</span></a></p>