Amid the worst drought in Brazil history, wildfires rage and the Amazon falls to a record low level

Amid the worst drought in Brazil history, wildfires rage and the Amazon falls to a record low level

Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59 percent of the country under stress — an area roughly half the size of the US.

Major Amazon basin rivers are registering historic lows, and uncontrolled manmade wildfires have ravaged protected areas and spread smoke over a vast expanse, plummeting air quality.

“This is the first time that a drought has covered all the way from the North to the country's Southeast,” Ana Paula Cunha, a researcher at the National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters, said in a statement Thursday. “It is the most intense and widespread drought in history.”

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