Water level at Amazon port in Brazil hits lowest point in 121 years amid drought

Aerial view showing a boat and a ferry boat stranded on the banks of the Negro River in Manaus. Photograph: Michael Dantas/AFP/Getty Images

Port in Manaus records lowest water level since 1902, leaving boats stranded and unable to deliver food and water to remote villages

Reuters in Manaus

The water level at a major river port in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has hit its lowest point in at least 121 years, as a historic drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem.

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Global heating likely to hit world food supply before 1.5C, says UN expert

Global heating likely to hit world food supply before 1.5C, says UN expert

Water scarcity threatening agriculture faster than expected, warns Cop15 desertification president

Fiona Harvey Environment editor

The world is likely to face major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target, the president of the UN’s desertification conference has warned, as the impacts of the climate crisis combine with water scarcity and poor farming practices to threaten global agriculture.

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First Person: Rising above floods in Viet Nam

First Person: Rising above floods in Viet Nam

A man living in Viet Nam has been explaining how his community has learnt to adapt to and mitigate the effects of devastating flooding caused by tropical storms.


Extreme weather between October and November of 2020, highlighted the vulnerability of the inhabitants of the city of Huế in central Viet Nam to flooding.

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