Climate Adaptation
Dark Cloud to Enshroud Brazil’s Largest City as Amazon Burns
- Smoke from forest fires may turn day into night in Sao Paulo
- Scorching temperatures and dry weather should continue
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Soot from the burning of the Amazon rain-forest and vast wetlands known as the Pantanal is headed for South America’s largest city, threatening to turn day into night.
A giant dark cloud coming from the fires is approaching the Southern state of Parana, where it could arrive Friday, before winds carry it to Sao Paulo on Saturday, said Celso Oliveira, a meteorologist at Somar Meteorologia. There, it could be followed by a black rain, a phenomena caused by particles of smoke and dust that don’t dissolve in water, he said.