The lack of water has an extreme or severe impact on 1,400 cities, that is, almost a quarter of the municipalities, while the flames devour extensive areas of forests and pastures in the Amazon, whose thick smoke covers almost the entire country and even reached Uruguay and Argentina.

Apart from mobilizing water pipes to the affected communities and reinforcing the fire departments, the government announced measures such as dredging the Amazon River and other waterways, and the distribution of water purifiers.

The Executive will create a “climate authority” based in the city of Manaus, which will focus on designing strategies to enable the adaptation of vulnerable populations to the risks associated with natural events.

Meanwhile, the Federal Supreme Court continues to discuss other actions to contain the fires in the Amazonia and the Pantanal, another vital biodiversity refuge. 52 investigations have been opened to determine whether the fires were caused by arson.

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