The Amazon drained forest: Incredible pictures show devastating effect of drought ravishing Brazil in area’s worst dry spell for 100 years
- Brazil's Amazonian rainforest has suffered its worst drought in 100 years, leaving many key lakes dried out
- Whole communities in the Amazonian regions of the country have been left struggling without water
- Boats have been left stranded in the Puaquequarauna lake, due the low levels of the Rio Negro
The Amazon river has long been crucial part of the daily lives of thousands of Brazilians living in the remote stretches of the rainforest but now communities have been left devastated after the country suffered its worst drought in 100 years.
A vital water source for numerous lakes and streams, the Amazonian drought has been revealed with photos showing miles of dry, cracked riverbeds from where the water used to flow.
Boats have been left stranded in the Puaquequarauna lake, due the low levels of the Rio Negro, near the Amazonian city of Manaus. There, houses sit isolated in the middle of the large deserted landscape, with only small pools of water remaining for locals to live off.
The crisis has left the Rio Negro, a crucial tributary of the Amazon River, in ruin. Now, whole communities face a battle to rebuild their lives.
The shocking drought comes just a few months after the same region suffered bad flooding after a deluge of rain left several cities in states of emergency.
Awful: Dried out and destroyed, the riverbed in Lago de Aleixo has only small pools of water from where the Rio Negro once flowed
Struggling on: One man tries to refresh himself by pouring a bucket of water over his head in the rural are of Manaus
Desperate times: Once surrounded by water, the dried out path to one man's house is caked in wet mud from the river remnants
A bleak future: Clutching a small fish, one little girl shows off her rare catch of the day from a dirty pool of water from the Aleixo lake
Not going far: Several young men try to steer their canoe down a small strip of water in the middle of the barren landscape
A vital water source for numerous lakes and streams, the Amazonian drought is the worst Brazil has seen in 100 years
Docked in the dry: One large boat lies stranded on the dry Puraquequarauna lake, due the low levels of the Rio Negro
Abandoned: A hydroplane lies neglected in the middle of the muddy lake near the Amazonian city of Manaus, Brazil
Just a trickle left: A vital water source for numerous lakes and streams, the Amazonian drought has left many civilians fearing for the future
The green shoots of recovery: Several young saplings start to emerge from the cracked soil in the bed of the Aleixo Lake
Empty landscape: Acres of rainforest is now without a vital water supply following the devastating drought in Brazil
Struggling but surviving: Two fishermen do their best to try and find food in one of the wetter parts of the once great river
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