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Even considered low intensity, the rains that fell early today in the Pantanal region of Mato Grosso helped mitigate the speed of the spread of flames and alleviated fire outbreaks, the state Fire Department reported. The rain began to fall in the city of Poconé, 104 km from Cuiabá.
Also according to the statement from the Mato Grosso Fire Department, a new evaluation will be carried out in 72 hours to evaluate the entire scenario. There had been no rain in the region for four months.
The number of fires in the Pantanal broke a record for a month only in the first 16 days of September. In addition, in recent days Bolivia has once again faced large fires, which represents another source of black carbon in the atmosphere.
Data from the Inpe (National Institute for Space Research) show that this year 15,756 hot spots were recorded in the Pantanal. In 2005, the year that held the record so far, there were 12,536 lights.
The smoke from the fires that mainly devastate the Amazon and the Pantanal extends for more than 4 thousand kilometers and reaches at least five neighboring countries -Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay-, according to a satellite image released yesterday by Inpe (National Institute for Space Research).
Meteorologists even warned of the risk of a “black rain” falling in the city of São Paulo today, a product of the soot from the fires that runs through the continent. But the atmosphere ended up being “cleansed” by the rain that has already fallen in recent days, and the phenomenon should no longer occur.
