Ecological Crisis 20:30 20-08: Fires in Amazon jungle, heavy rains in Niger
*Brazilian government mobilized more than 1,400 brigades to fight fires in the Amazon jungle.
*At least 131 people have lost their lives after heavy rains in Niger.
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*At least 131 people have lost their lives after heavy rains in Niger.
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Transcript
00:00And now we're moving on.
00:13The Brazilian government has mobilized more than 1,400 brigades in recent days to fire
00:18fires in the Amazon rainforest, which start earlier than expected due to the drought.
00:25Studies report that at least 1,498 brigadistas are working to fight flames that are raging
00:35in the Amazon region.
00:37Likewise, the hotlines said that of the 173 fires registered in the northern region of
00:44the country since last July, 98 were extinguished or have been controlled.
00:50The level of drought in the Amazon basin is the most serious in the last two decades.
00:56The National Water Agency decreed a critical situation of water scarcity in the Madeira
01:01and Puros rivers.
01:10At least 131 people have been killed in a year in recent weeks following flooding caused
01:16by heavy rains in several countries in the African region.
01:20According to authorities, today almost 32-thousand homes have been affected, leaving more than
01:26132-thousand people homeless.
01:29During this month, the increase in the water levels caused the closure of roads leading
01:35to the capital city of Niamey.
01:37Therefore, the rescue teams deployed its personnel to attend to the emergency.
01:42In view of the situation, officials urged the population to maintain the corresponding
01:47safety measures.