That is the lowest level since records began in 121 years ago in 1902, passing a previous all-time low set in 2010. After months without rain, rainforest villager Pedro Mendonca was relieved when a Brazilian NGO delivered supplies to his riverside community near Manaus late last week. “It is much hotter than past droughts.”Boats and houseboats stranded in a dry area of the Igarape do Taruma stream which flows into the Rio Negro river in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, Oct 16, 2023. The drought has threatened their access to food, drinking water and medicines, which are usually transported by river. A ruler that measures historical river water levels at the Rio Negro river in Manaus, Brazil, Oct 16, 2023.

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Persons: Pedro Mendonca, ”, Mendonca, Santa Helena do, Bruno Kelly, Sustentável, Nelson Mendonca, Santa Helena do Ingles, Luciana Valentin Organizations: Reuters, Rio Negro, Brazil’s Science Ministry, Fundação Locations: Reuters — Rivers, Brazil, Manaus, Brazilian, Santa Helena, Santa Helena do Ingles, Amazonas, Rio Negro, El, parched