Brazil: Wildfires rage in the face of worst drought in 70 years

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Smoke from intense wildfires in the Amazon rainforest and other parts of Brazil are choking major cities, like Sao Paulo, and wafting into neighboring countries. The situation has been aggravated by the country's worst drought in 70 years.

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00:00We don't breathe. It's suffocating.

00:15Our mouths are dry, our throats too, so we can't speak.

00:20Sometimes we want to speak, but we don't know because our throats are dry.

00:31I want to get there, but I don't want to get wet.

00:47It worries me a lot, especially because it's been a while since the Norobal has returned.

00:55We continue to pollute too much, and breathing is difficult, sleeping is difficult.

01:03Everything gets too complicated.

01:05You get sicker, you get a cough that doesn't seem to go away, so it worries me a lot.

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