‘Without water, there is no life’: Drought in Brazil’s Amazon is sharpening fears for the future
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FILE - Joaquim Mendes da Silva, 73, walks with his dog on the dry bed of Puraquequara lake amid a drought, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Oct. 5, 2023. He said this drought is the worst he can recall. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)FILE - Francisco Carlos de Oliveira Rodrigues digs into the dry bed of Puraquequara lake to obtain water amid a severe drought, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Oct. 5, 2023. The extreme drought sweeping across Brazils Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)FILE - Floating homes and boats lay stranded on the dry bed of Puraquequara lake, amid a severe drought, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Oct. 5, 2023. The extreme drought sweeping across Brazils Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)FILE - Raimundo Silva do Carmo, 67, shows the water he obtained from a well dug in the dry bed of Puraquequara Lake amid a severe drought, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. He makes his living as a fisherman, but these days has been struggling to simply find water. "We use the water to drink, to bathe, to cook. Without water, there is no life, he said. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)FILE - Dead fish float in Piranha Lake due to a severe drought in the state of Amazonas, in Manacapuru, Brazil, Sept. 27, 2023. The extreme drought sweeping across Brazils Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)FILE - Uanderson Marinho de Souza, 40, carries his son to school across the much-diminished Negro River, amid an ongoing drought in Manaus, Brazil, Sept. 26, 2023. The extreme drought sweeping across Brazils Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)FILE - Boys walk next to a floating home stranded on what used to be the water's edge of the Negro River, amidst a drought in Manaus, Brazil, Sept. 26, 2023. The extreme drought sweeping across Brazils Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)FILE 0 Boys walk next to a floating home stranded on what used to be the water's edge of the Negro River, amidst a drought in Manaus, Brazil, Sept. 26, 2023. The extreme drought sweeping across Brazils Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)FILE - A fisherman stands on his boat as he navigates near thousands of dead fish awash on the banks of Piranha Lake due to a severe drought in the state of Amazonas, in Manacapuru, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The extreme drought sweeping across Brazils Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)FILE - Isac Cicero Rodrigues digs into the dry bed of Puraquequara lake to obtain water amid a severe drought, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Oct. 5, 2023. The extreme drought sweeping across Brazils Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)
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FILE - Joaquim Mendes da Silva, 73, walks with his dog on the dry bed of Puraquequara lake amid a drought, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Oct. 5, 2023. He said this drought is the worst he can recall. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)
