Manaus, Brazil, Oct 9, 2026 (AFP) - Wildfire smoke shuts schools in Amazon's biggest city

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The largest city in the Brazilian Amazon, Manaus, shut public schools on Friday as smoke from hundreds of wildfires blanketed the metropolis amid an intensifying El Nino event. Brazil is facing weather extremes from one of the strongest El Nino events in decades, which the government has warned will bring more rain and floods to the south, and drought and wildfires in the north. The state of Amazonas recorded more than 3,700 fire hotspots in Sept......

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