Life has come to a standstill for a floating village now stranded on mud flats left by severe drought in Brazil's Amazon rainforest.
Motor boats lie tilting in the mud, no longer bringing in fish, fruit and vegetables or ferrying tourists to see the nearby confluence of the Rio Negro and Solimoes River, where they form the mighty Amazon River.
"Our shops have no customers. We are isolated, boats cannot enter or leave the lake," said local resident Isaac Rodrigues. "We're going to be here until God sends us water."to inhabitants in the Amazon region hit by record drought that has drained the rivers that are their life support. The Amazon drought, like flooding in the south of Brazil, is a result of the El Niño phenomenon, which warms the Pacific Ocean's surface water, experts say.
Things have gotten so bad at Lake Puraquequara that there is little water to drink or cook with. Ivalmir Silva spent a whole day digging a waterhole in the drying mud flat.
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