Amazon: Karavia came ashore – the biggest drought in the last 70 years

In a vast desert he has turned himself into literally changing the landscape and images to be disheartening. The situation in the Amazon by the effects of the climate crisis is so serious that fishermen anchor their vessels in the water and the next day it has become land. As Reuters broadcasts, the lives of residents have been completely overturned. In the city of Manacapuru, near the capital of Manaus state, drought has affected navigation on the Solimoies River, which flows into the Amazon and is a vital water route to transport all goods inside and outside the city. Boats have been blocked on the sands and have now become a sight. Basic goods such as fish, bananas and manioc cannot be transported. “We anchored the ship here and stuck ashore the next day. We had no way to move it,” said a fisherman. Another said that the situation is particularly critical as water has already begun to become green, a sign that it can soon become unsafe for how long. “We should drink it anyway,” he said, adding that they will no longer have a way of obtaining it from other areas. According to the National Monitoring and Early Warning Center for Natural Disasters (Cemaden), the current drought is the most intense and widespread Brazil has experienced since they began having records in 1950. A weak rainy season in the north-central region has exacerbated the situation alongside increasing atmospheric temperatures and land use changes that have replaced forest areas with pastures. On Sunday, the Brazilian Supreme Court approved lifting spending restrictions on fires and drought in the Amazon and Pantanal areas, as the country struggles with the economic impact of climate phenomena. photo source: Reuters