AP Archive | Drought has dried a major Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in over 122 years @APArchive | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
(4 Oct 2024)
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Manaus, Brazil - 04 October 2024
1. Various aerials of the Negro River and Manaus port with people carrying goods across a dry area of the river ++MUTE++
2. Porters carrying boxes of bananas and papayas
3. Aerial of port and Negro River with meter stick ++MUTE++
4. Various of dock worker reading a meter stick in the Negro River at the Manaus port
5. Aerial of floating houses and boats stuck at Tarumã River ++MUTE++
6. Floating houses stuck in the banks of Tarumã River
7. Boat manufacturer Filipe de Almeida Lopes sanding boat
8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Filipe de Almeida Lopes, 54-year-old Boat manufacturer:
“There's nothing I can do, just wait for God's will. Every year this happens, this is the third year I've been stranded here. I've been stranded for three years. And it's getting worse and worse. It's getting drier and drier. Last year it dried up a lot, this year it's dried up even more than last year. And that's the tendency, to dry up more and more quickly.”
9. Floating houses stuck in the banks of Tarumã River
10. Men carrying a piece of wood over dry river
11. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Gracita de Barbosa, 28-year-old Floating shop cashier:
“You can't bathe in this water. To get water to drink we have to go outside (of the community), and sometimes not even there. We used to get it from a station outside, but there's no more water, we're already getting it from the boats.”
12. Man carrying water on his back
13. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Jadson Maciel, Secretary, Executive Secretary of the Tarumã Açu River Basin Committee:
"When we talk about water scarcity, we are talking about water quality. The Taruma Acu River basin receives all the sewage from the north and west of the city. So we're talking about sewage that's flowing into our water body.”
14. Aerial of floating houses and boats stuck on the Tarumã River ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest ever recorded levels, Brazil’s geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country.
The level of the Negro River at the port of Manaus was at 12.66 meters on Friday, compared with a normal level of about 21 meters.
It is the lowest since measurements started 122 years ago, the previous record low level was recorded last year, but towards the end of October.
The Negro River's water level might drop even more in the coming weeks based on forecasts for low rainfall in upstream regions, according to the geological service's predictions.
Water levels in Brazil’s Amazon always rise and fall with its rainy and dry seasons, but the dry portion of this year has been much worse than usual.
All of the major rivers in the Amazon basin are at critical levels, including the Madeira River, the Amazon River’s longest tributary.
The Negro River drains about 10% of the Amazon basin and is the world’s sixth-largest by water volume. Manaus, the biggest city in the rainforest, is where the Negro joins the Amazon River.
For locals, the drought has made basic daily activities impossible.
Gracita Barbosa, 28, works as a cashier on a floating shop on the Negro River.
She’s out of work because boats that once stopped there can no longer navigate the river due to the low water levels.
Barbosa can no longer bathe in the river and now has to travel longer distances to collect drinking water.
AP Video by Fernando Crispim
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(4 Oct 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Manaus, Brazil - 04 October 2024
1. Various aerials of the Negro River and Manaus port with people carrying goods across a dry area of the river ++MUTE++
2. Porters carrying boxes of bananas and papayas
3. Aerial of port and Negro River with meter stick ++MUTE++
4. Various of dock worker reading a meter stick in the Negro River at the Manaus port
5. Aerial of floating houses and boats stuck at Tarumã River ++MUTE++
6. Floating houses stuck in the banks of Tarumã River
7. Boat manufacturer Filipe de Almeida Lopes sanding boat
8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Filipe de Almeida Lopes, 54-year-old Boat manufacturer:
“There's nothing I can do, just wait for God's will. Every year this happens, this is the third year I've been stranded here. I've been stranded for three years. And it's getting worse and worse. It's getting drier and drier. Last year it dried up a lot, this year it's dried up even more than last year. And that's the tendency, to dry up more and more quickly.”
9. Floating houses stuck in the banks of Tarumã River
10. Men carrying a piece of wood over dry river
11. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Gracita de Barbosa, 28-year-old Floating shop cashier:
“You can't bathe in this water. To get water to drink we have to go outside (of the community), and sometimes not even there. We used to get it from a station outside, but there's no more water, we're already getting it from the boats.”
12. Man carrying water on his back
13. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Jadson Maciel, Secretary, Executive Secretary of the Tarumã Açu River Basin Committee:
"When we talk about water scarcity, we are talking about water quality. The Taruma Acu River basin receives all the sewage from the north and west of the city. So we're talking about sewage that's flowing into our water body.”
14. Aerial of floating houses and boats stuck on the Tarumã River ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest ever recorded levels, Brazil’s geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country.
The level of the Negro River at the port of Manaus was at 12.66 meters on Friday, compared with a normal level of about 21 meters.
It is the lowest since measurements started 122 years ago, the previous record low level was recorded last year, but towards the end of October.
The Negro River's water level might drop even more in the coming weeks based on forecasts for low rainfall in upstream regions, according to the geological service's predictions.
Water levels in Brazil’s Amazon always rise and fall with its rainy and dry seasons, but the dry portion of this year has been much worse than usual.
All of the major rivers in the Amazon basin are at critical levels, including the Madeira River, the Amazon River’s longest tributary.
The Negro River drains about 10% of the Amazon basin and is the world’s sixth-largest by water volume. Manaus, the biggest city in the rainforest, is where the Negro joins the Amazon River.
For locals, the drought has made basic daily activities impossible.
Gracita Barbosa, 28, works as a cashier on a floating shop on the Negro River.
She’s out of work because boats that once stopped there can no longer navigate the river due to the low water levels.
Barbosa can no longer bathe in the river and now has to travel longer distances to collect drinking water.
AP Video by Fernando Crispim
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