A Tale of Two Rivers: Flood and Drought in Brazil

May 25, 2012; 11:15 AM ET

In Northern Brazil, record flooding on the Rio Negro river took place last week, while on the other end of the country, record drought was seen on the Lower Rio Sinos. The 30-day rainfall anomaly from NASA-TRMM confirms this.

The Amazon river (second longest in the world) is seeing record flooding on one of its tributaries, according to our news article, which says: “The Rio Negro crested last Wednesday, registering 97.70 feet (29.78 meters) in Manaus. The top narrowly eclipsed the high mark of 97.67, set in 2009. River levels have been recorded here since 1902.” A Storify story with videos and images is below.

[View the story "Inundaci�n @ Manaus, Brazil" on Storify]

Storified by Jesse Ferrell · Fri, May 25 2012 10:28:18

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Rua Barao de Sao Domingos, ManausRamesh_Thadani

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Meanwhile, down south, the Metsul Blog says (translated via Chrome) that the drought in Sao Leopoldois the worst in the last 15 years, with the worst in the last 70 years in nearby Taquari Valley. The wheat crop has been damaged by lack of moist soil, and smog has been a problem this Fall.

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