Manaus, Brazil, is a city of 1.8 million people surrounded by 2 million square miles of Amazon jungle more than 1,500 miles from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Though it doesn’t get as many tourists as ...

The desperate words of Thalita Rocha went viral on Jan. 14. “We are in a deplorable situation,” she said in a video posted to Instagram. “Whoever has oxygen availability, bring it here to the ...

Brazil's Amazonas state is grappling with rapidly diminishing water levels, beaching dozens of boats and homes. It is anticipated that by the time 2023 takes its final bow, 500,000 people will be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Across the Brazilian state of Amazonas, more than 400-thousand people have been affected by flooding. Heavy rains in the Amazon ...

In 2023 the city of Manaus, in central Amazonia, found itself covered in dense smoke from burning rainforest, with levels of toxic PM 2.5 particulates even higher than those experienced that year ...