The federal government placed more than 500 municipalities on high alert for fire risk until November, despite El Niño not yet having caused the expected drought for September. The probability of prolonged drought and low air humidity, intensified by the phenomenon, may make this period the most critical for forest fires.
The North region concentrates the highest number of municipalities on maximum alert. Meteorologists from the National Center for Monitoring and Natural Disaster Alerts (Cemaden) consider that the projected scenario should remain, even with the atypical rain recorded in some regions in early September.
The operations coordinator of Cemaden, Marcelo Seluchi, predicts that the most critical regions, currently in red, will continue in this situation. He reinforces that precipitation remains below average in Amazon regions.
In the Center-North of the country, it is likely that El Niño will delay the next rainy cycle, further aggravating conditions for fires in the coming months.
