South America is grappling with record-breaking wildfires, as blazes sweep from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest to Bolivia’s dry forests, surpassing previous years’ numbers.
Brazil’s space research agency, Inpe, has recorded 346,112 fire hotspots so far in 2023, eclipsing the 2007 record. A Reuters photographer documented massive fires in Brazil’s Amazon, blackening landscapes and leaving scorched trees in their wake.
Smoke from these fires has darkened skies over cities like Sao Paulo, creating a visible corridor from space from Colombia to Uruguay. Despite efforts from Brazil and Bolivia to contain the fires, extreme weather conditions, exacerbated by climate change, continue to fuel their spread.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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