Drought
Brazil
On 26 September 2023, Civil Protection of the state of Amazonas in Brazil reported that there were 111,000 people affected by the drought in the state and 15 municipalities out of 62 have declared a State of Emergency due to the drought. On 12 September 2023, the Governor of Amazonas, signed a decree declaring a state of environmental emergency in municipalities in southern Amazonas and metropolitan Manaus, the capital. The Government published the action plan for Operation Drought 2023, involving 30 agencies from the direct and indirect administration of the Government of Amazonas, with an estimated R$100 million in actions. Media is reporting that the most affected municipalities are in the Alto Rio Solimões Region; with 23,932 people were affected in the municipality of São Paulo de Olivença and 18,172 affected in the municipality of Benjamin Constant. The reports are available at: Defesa Civil do Estado do Amazonas and CNN