The level of the Rio Negro in Manaus, reached 29.36 meters yesterday, according to the National Water Agency (ANA). This is the sixth highest level ever recorded in the Amazon capital since 1902, when the river began to be monitored.
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Dams and floods on Madeira River, the words of an expert
Impacts of flooding occurred recently by extreme weather event were compounded by hydroelectric plants installed along the watercourse.
Dar Perú: Big hydroelectrics and the great flood of the Madeira River
Documentary with testimonies of people affected by hydroelectrics Santo Antonio and Jirau and Madeira river floods, amplified by dams.
Plataforma energética: Causes of mega-floods in the Bolivian Amazon
The floods in the Bolivian Amazon were the biggest since records took place. This happened despite the fact that this year the El Niño or La Niña phenomena, which are used to assign flood in this magnitude in the region, were not presented.
Madeira river floods will remain for 55 days, says researcher
Are two large basins influencing the Madeira River flood: the basin of Beni river, in Bolivia, and its tributary Madre de Dios river, in Peru. They are also the Mamore river, in Bolivia, and Guapore river in Mato Grosso.
Madeira River level should rise further in Rondonia, Brazil
Water flooded forests in Bolivia follows by tributaries to Brazil. Satellite images indicate that level will rise slowly until April
Gallery: Porto Velho was with multiple flooded places
Photos taken last weekend shows that the situation in the city is still calamity. More than a thousand families are homeless.
About the weather, economy, governance and collapse
Faced with the current climatic disorders, rampant consumption pattern and neglect of our authorities, expert stresses in blunt tone, a bleak future that we are doomed.
In Acre state, photographer accompanies the drama by floods
More than 5,300 people left their homes and were taken to public shelters. One person died due to leptospirosis and another is missing.
Rondonia State is underwater, guilty of hydroelectrics?
In 2007, IBAMA did not want to license the plants on the Madeira. Heads rolled and the plants left. Now, are suspected to worsen flooding in the region.