- Brazil’s Amazon region has experienced both flooding and drought in recent years.
- Rising temperatures across the globe contribute to increasingly intense natural disasters.
- Photos show the extreme weather’s impact on residents of towns along the Amazon River.
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In 2021, towns in Amazonas, Brazil, along the Amazon River and its tributaries flooded due to heavier-than-usual rainfall.
Just two years later, the riverbeds turned to sand during months of drought.
The Amazon region floods annually during the rainy season, bringing nutrient-rich sediment from the Andes Mountains to the rainforest floor, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
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However, rising temperatures across the globe have contributed to the increasing frequency and intensity of weather-related natural disasters.
Photos show how regions like the Amazon oscillate between extreme weather conditions as its residents struggle to adapt.