(10 Sep 2024)
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Sao Paulo, Brazil – 09 September 2024
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1. Various aerial shots of Pinheiros River with green water ++MUTE++
2. Aerial shot of buildings in São Paulo covered by smoke from wildfires ++ MUTE++
3. Buildings in São Paulo covered by smoke from wildfires
4. Flávio Xavier Santana walking in the sidewalk as he returns from work
5. Santana showing a picture of the river in his phone ++UPSOUND ++ (Portuguese) "This emerald green (in the river color) it looks like it’s full of algae, and it wasn’t this color a few days, weeks ago."
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Flávio Xavier Santana, 48 years old, Systems Analyst:
"The stench has increased for a while now. It’s been months since I’ve noticed a strong smell, especially with the sudden drop in temperature. If it’s hot during the day and then the temperature drops, the bad smell increases a lot after ten o’clock. And this week I noticed it – today, yesterday, I noticed it when looking at the river. I often see a part of it that’s emerald green, very dark."
7. Aerial shot of Sao Paulo ++MUTE++
8. People walking in the sidewalk
9. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Ingrid Camboí, 23 years old, Actress:
"I can’t even manage to practice physical activities on the street, I’m not even opening the balcony of my house because the air is really bad, it really affects my health. I’m noticing that my eyes are getting very dry because of this weather."
10. Aerial shot of buildings in São Paulo covered by smoke from wildfires ++ MUTE++
STORYLINE:
A river in Brazil’s largest city, Sao Paulo turned green on Monday as a severe drought in the country continues.
Pinheiros river runs through the city of Sao Paulo, and is one of the most polluted in Brazil.
According to the São Paulo State Environmental Company (CETESB), the dry period significantly reduced the water in Pinheiros River’s tributaries, keeping the river in a very low flow and favoring algae proliferation, which caused the green discoloration.
Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59% of the country under stress — an area roughly half the size of the U.S.
Major Amazon basin rivers are registering historic lows, and uncontrolled manmade wildfires have ravaged protected areas and spread smoke over a vast expanse, plummeting air quality.
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, a Swiss air technology company.
From the beginning of the year until Sept. 8, Brazil registered almost 160,000 fires, the worst year since 2010.
AP Video shot by Felipe Campos Mello
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