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Brazil on Fire—From Forests to Cities, Including Rio de Janeiro: A 104% Dry Season Surge in Fires Since 2023 Marks a Clear Climate Crisis Tipping Point Say #VoicesFromSocialMedia


Agri is a fiery business. Photo: Frederico Pereira Eco/APIB

2024 has seen a surge in devastating wildfires across Brazil, breaking alarming records and threatening nearly all of the country’s diverse biomes. September 2024 recorded the highest average number of fires for the month in the historical series, also marking the driest month in Rio de Janeiro in the last 27 years. In the Amazon, the dry season—which typically runs from May to September—has felt the cumulative impact of two consecutive years of extreme drought. At the beginning of October in São Paulo, where the rainy season should already have started, forest fires surged by 648%. As a whole, from January to October 2024, Brazil saw a 73% increase in wildfires. During the driest period of the year, usually the peak of fire activity, there was a 104% increase compared to the same period in 2023.



This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas for RioOnWatch. It is also part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise.

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