“The drought has hit me hard,” said Flores, of the Cocama Indigenous community. “When the water's low, the fish die, so there's nothing to get." The Amazon River naturally fluctuates during ...

Around the globe, hotter temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier precipitation that can wreak havoc on people and the environment.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging ...

In addition, the 153 dolphins found dead last month in the Tefé River, one of the tributaries of the Amazon, due to drought in the area were said to represent 10% of their local population and ...

and Xingu Rivers are all tributaries of the Amazon River. At the same time, the Paraguay River crosses the Pantanal. Brazil's northern region is expected to maintain intense drought conditions ...

But two years of record-breaking drought have turned many of the Amazon's rivers into meager streams. Now the trip to Tefe can take over a day – if the river isn't entirely impassable.

An curved arrow pointing right. Half a million people living along the Amazon River face dire circumstances from a historic drought. More from News Half a million people living along the Amazon ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Over 100 Amazon river dolphins died in Brazil's Lake Tefe amid a historic drought. Seventy carcasses were found on a single day when water temperatures soared to ...

FILE - People walk through a part of the Amazon River that shows signs of drought, in Santa Sofia, on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File) ...