Brazil Amazon Drought and Fires (July-November 2025)

The 2025 Brazil Amazon drought and fires stand as the Amazon's worst ecological crisis on record, with the Solimoes and Negro rivers hitting their lowest levels in 150 years. Drought-induced fires consumed over 5 million hectares, more than double the 2024 burn area, smothering cities like Manaus in smoke for weeks. This catastrophe outperforms #7 Chile and Argentina Wildfires in scale, as the drought killed thousands of river dolphins and left 3 million people facing acute food insecurity due to evaporated lakes and disrupted river transport.