Residents of the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Catete walk through a flooded main street 08 January. Rio's mayor declared a state o7 emergency in the city after heavy rains fell throughout the day and caused one death. Weather experts are blaming the El Nino weather phenomena for the unusual downpours.,Image: 68606966, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
epa13166632 A firefighter works to extinguish a wildfire in Palem Raya, Ogan Ilir Regency, South Sumatra, Indonesia, 13 August 2026. A severe dry season, intensified by El Nino, has fueled widespread land and peatland fires that have already burned tens of thousands of hectares across South Sumatra, causing unhealthy air quality levels and hazy skies across the region, including in neighboring Malaysia. EPA/MUHAMMAD FAJRI Photo: Muhammad Fajri/EPA
Adult and immature blue-footed boobies (Sula nebouxii) rest on rocks near the entrance to the Panama Canal as seabirds native to the cold, nutrient-rich waters off Peru and Chile appear outside their usual range while El Nino warms the eastern Pacific and disrupts marine food supplies, off the coast of Panama City, Panama, August 5, 2026. REUTERS/Enea Lebrun Photo: Enea Lebrun/REUTERS
People work to remove debris from a collapsed building, as Venezuelans face worsening power and water shortages following government warnings of drought linked to the El Nino phenomenon, deepening hardships for a population already coping with daily outages and the aftermath of devastating earthquakes, in La Guaira, Venezuela, August 7, 2026. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria Photo: LEONARDO FERNANDEZ VILORIA/REUTERS