
Brazil 'struggles to breathe' as Amazon burns
Aug 23, 2024
Porto Velho [Brazil], August 23: Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires envelops their city. "We are struggling to breathe," said 30-year-old teacher Tayane Moraes, one of some 460,000 people who live in the city near the border with Bolivia.
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