The drop in the Rio Negro comes two years after floods reached an all-time high in Manaus.
One of the Amazon river’s largest tributaries has reached its lowest level since official measurements began 121 years ago.
Monday’s water level in the city’s port went as low as 13.5 metres, compared to the record level of 30.02 metres in June 2021.Boats and houseboats are stuck in a dry area of the Rio Negro Low river levels throughout the Amazon have left hundreds of riverside communities isolated and struggling to get access to drinkable water, as well as disrupting commercial navigation which supplies Manaus.
Manaus and other nearby cities are also suffering from high temperatures and heavy smoke from nearby man-caused fires for deforestation and pasture clearance while the drought is the likely cause of dozens of river dolphin deaths in Tefe Lake, near the Amazon River.
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