PHOTOS | The Amazon rainforest is facing a drought

BY COLOMBO TIMES ON September 29, 2023 - 11:56 AM

Foreign media reports that the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is in the grip of a severe drought.

It is reported to affect up to 500,000 people by the end of the year, limiting their access to food, drinking water and other supplies.

Water levels have already dropped, and dead fish can be seen floating on some of the rainforest's meandering rivers.

Dead fish are seen at Piranha lake, in Manacapuru, state of Amazonas, Brazil
Boys take a bath before going to school near the Negro river, amidst an ongoing drought in Manaus, Brazil
Boys walk next to a floating home stranded on what used to be the water´s edge of the Negro river,
A view of the Piranha lake in Manacapuru, state of Amazonas, Brazil,

Dead fish are seen at Piranha lake, in Manacapuru, state of Amazonas, Brazil
Uanderson Marinho de Souza, 40, carries his son to school across the much-diminished Negro river
Houseboats, boats and trash lay on the now dry area that used to be covered by the Negro river
View of the much-diminished Negro river shore amid an ongoing drought in Manaus, Brazil

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