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During Brazil's worst drought, wildfires rage and the Amazon River falls to a record low

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Major Amazon basin rivers are registering historic lows, and uncontrolled manmade wildfires have ravaged protected areas and spread smoke over a vast expanse.

Smoke on Monday afternoon caused Sao Paulo , a metropolitan area of 21 million people, to breathe the second most polluted air in the world after Lahore , Pakistan .

So far this year , an area the size of Italy has burned in Brazil .

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90

Informative language

90

Neutral language

61

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

51

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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2

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