Brazil's Amazon saw worst 6 months of wildfires in 20 yrs: official

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Aerial view of a fire outbreak in a rural area of Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil on June 27, 2024. A large fire broke out across the river from the city of Corumba, the gateway to Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetlands. Hundreds of fires are burning in the vast, wildlife-rich Pantanal which is experiencing record fires for this time of year.

Since Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research began compiling records in 1998, only two other years experienced more wildfires from January through June: 2003 and 2004 .

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