Last year's record drought in the Amazon and less than usual rainfall since caused river water levels to drop rapidly, hindering navigation by barges carrying grains for export and cutting off ...

Last year’s record drought in the Amazon and less-than-usual rainfall since caused river water levels to drop rapidly, hindering navigation by barges carrying grains for export and cutting off ...

The Amazon region of northern Brazil continues to suffer under the worst drought in 120 years, resulting in the lowest water level at the Port of Manaus in 122 years.

The region drained by the Amazon River, including the Amazon rainforest, is in the second year of a punishing drought. That has led to the lowest water levels in more than 100 years for the Amazon ...