At least 27 municipalities have declared a state of emergency to fight a severedrought which is plaguing the Brazilian Amazon.The Amazon River, the second largest river in the world, has dropped to itslowest levels since 1963 in some portions of northern Brazil.
Everything from fishing to transportation industries depend on the river andits tributaries.
The Brazilian government has worked to fly in hundreds of tons of supplies tothe areas hardest hit. It has also allocated $13.5 million in aid for regionshardest hit.
Conditions will slowly improve over the next few months as the rainy season isset to begin in November.
Over the next week or so, the region will see isolated showers andthunderstorms, although this will not be enough to substantially help thesituation.
By Eric Reese, Meteorologist
