"This is the first time that a drought has covered all the way from the North to the country's Southeast. It is the most intense and widespread drought in history." - Ana Paula Cunha.
"This year, the dry season started much earlier than in previous years, whereas the rain season was intense yet short. The wind is strong, the air humidity is very low and it's extremely hot. All this worsens the wildfire." - Nayara Stacheski.
Smoke on Monday afternoon caused Sao Paulo, a metropolitan area of 21 million people, to breathe the second most polluted air in the world after Lahore, Pakistan, according to data gathered by IQAir.
From the beginning of the year until Sept. 8, Brazil registered almost 160,000 fires, the worst year since 2010. In Pantanal, it has been the second worst fire year on record.
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