epa10946551 View of an area affected by severe drought in the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil, 28 October 2023. The Brazilian Amazon River faces severe drought as its flow and tributaries decrease to historic lows, affecting 633,000 people and 62 cities. In the midst of one of the worst droughts in memory in the region, Amazon's tributary Rio Negro, which bathes the regional capital Manaus and its port, recorded its lowest level of 13,5 meters since 1902, when the monitoring began. EPA/Andre Coelho
