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Wildfire smoke shuts schools in Amazon's biggest city

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The largest city in the Brazilian Amazon, Manaus, closed public schools on Friday as smoke from hundreds of wildfires blanketed the metropolis amid an intensifying El Niño event.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:59:42 UTC.

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