The historically low water levels have affected hundreds of thousands of people and wildlife and, with experts predicting the drought could last until early 2024, the problems stand to intensify.

The numbers are revealing. Forty percent of Guatemalans do not have access to running water inside their home. And for ...

Without water, there is no life,” he said. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros) FILE – Dead fish float in Piranha Lake due to a severe drought in the state of Amazonas, in Manacapuru, Brazil, Sept. 27, 2023.

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Communities dependent on the Amazon rainforest’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food or filtered water. Dozens of river dolphins perished and washed up on ...

Without water, there is no life.” Joaquim Mendes da Silva, a 73-year-old ship carpenter who has lived by the same lake for 43 years, said this drought is the worst he can recall.