Life in the Flood Zone – Photograph by Lalo de Almeida
Anamã, Brazil – Relieved by the return of the wet season after two years of unprecedented drought, residents of Anamã, a town on an Amazon River floodplain, played volleyball in waist-high water and navigated the streets by boat. But the magnitude of flooding also reflects an instability brought on by climate change, as residents adapt by raising their homes on higher stilts.
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