March 5, 2015
Photo gallery: The empty reservoirs of megacity São Paulo
26 February 2015 (Washington Post) – Aerial view of a depleted water reservoir in São Paulo state, Brazil. The water level of the reservoirs in the Cantareira System in Braganca Paulista, Brazil, is at a tenth of its total capacity, the result of Brazil’s driest summer in 84 years. Photo: Victor Moriyama / Getty Images [more]
Sao Paulo’s severe drought: The remnants of reservoirs
13 February 2015 (Al Jazeera) – Aerial view of pontoons previously used as a floating jetty lying on cracked ground near Atibainha dam, part of the Cantareira reservoir, São Paulo state, 12 February 2015. Brazil is in the middle of its worst drought in 84 years of recordkeeping. Photo: Paulo Whitaker / Reuters [more]