Prolonged drought in Brazil threatening Paraná River

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One of South America's longest rivers is at its lowest level in living memory.

The Paraná ​Riverruns through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

Prolonged droughtin southern Brazil is onereason it is at its lowest level since 1944.

Many of the river's tributaries have all but dried up.

Local communities arefeeling the effects of the falling water levelsfirsthand.

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