The Associated Press \u00a009\/09\/2024\u00a0 BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) \u2014 Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59% of the country under stress \u2014 an area roughly half the size of the U.S. 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. \u201cThis is the first time that a drought has covered all the way from the North to the country’s Southeast,\u201d Ana Paula Cunha, a researcher at the National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters, said in a statement Thursday. \u201cIt is the most intense and widespread drought in history.\u201d Smoke on Monday afternoon caused Sao Paulo, a metropolitan area of 21 million… <\/p>\n
The Associated Press \u00a009\/09\/2024\u00a0 BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) \u2014 Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59% of the country under stress \u2014 an area roughly half the size of the U.S. 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. \u201cThis is the first time that a drought has covered all the way from the North to the country’s Southeast,\u201d Ana Paula Cunha, a researcher at the National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters, said in a statement Thursday. \u201cIt is the most intense and widespread drought in history.\u201d Smoke on Monday afternoon caused Sao Paulo, a metropolitan area of 21 million... <\/p>\n