Wildfires sweep Amazon as Brazil suffers worst drought on record

Destruction of forest combined with low rainfall exacerbate effects of climate change

Brazil is fighting wildfires that have cast smoke across swaths of its territory, fuelled by heatwaves and the nation’s worst drought on record. The area of the Amazon in Brazil, home to about two-thirds of the world’s largest rainforest, suffered its highest number of blazes for 14 years in August, according to the national space research agency Inpe.

In the capital La Paz, many schools closed as classes went online. Brazil’s drought began in mid-2023 and has been described as the “most intense and widespread” in its history by the National Centre of Natural Disaster Monitoring and Alerts . The government agency says almost 60 per cent of Latin America’s largest nation is affected to some degree.

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