Man, I hope someone takes the chance and spends some time cleaning up the river while it's low. I'm in the wrong hemisphere otherwise I'd be out there with a truck shoveling garbage myself. I'm just looking at it and thinking, "damn, I bet if you got a bunch of people together with some big trucks, you could clean up everything in that picture pretty quickly and it'd be a little less garbage in the river once it gets flowing again".
Why? This is a perfect opportunity to burn more of the forest without worrying about rain!
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is facing a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people by the end of the year, authorities said Tuesday.
Many are already struggling to access essential supplies such as food and water, because the principal means of transportation in the region is waterways, and river levels are historically low.
Authorities will also distribute food and water supplies as well as personal hygiene kits, the state’s civil defense agency said in a statement.
Lima spoke with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to discuss the drought.
The different levels of government will “coordinate measures in support of the people living in the affected municipalities,” Lima said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday.
The drought is forecast to last longer and be more intense because of El Niño climate phenomenon, which inhibits the formation of rain clouds, the civil defense authority said.
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