Over 2,700 Wildfires Reported in the Amazon in the First 11 Days of October
A record-breaking number of wildfires are blanketing the Amazon with smoke, choking some Brazilian cities and further isolating many Indigenous villages. Over 2,700 wildfires have been reported in the region in the first 11 days of the month — the highest number for any October since 1998, when the record-keeping began. Air quality became so poor last week in places like Manaus that officials had...