Water levels in the Amazon River are at their lowest levels since records began 121 years ago. It’s because of a shortage of rain caused by the natural El Nino effect. But Brazilian scientists say climate change is also to blame. A state of emergency has been declared in Manaus and 20 other cities. (Images: Getty) 👉Key words and phrases: drought 🔎 period of time with no rain - Drought can cause dangerous wildfires to start. - The country had to import food after a drought made crops fail. overwhelm 🔎 cover something completely and quickly -The city was overwhelmed by water after the river burst its banks. -Tourists overwhelm city centres during the summer holiday. taints 🔎 makes something good turn bad -The lake was tainted by industrial waste. -His reputation was tainted after he was caught stealing money from his company. ✔️ 0:00 - Introduction ✔️ 0:26 - Story ✔️ 1:16 - Headline 1 ✔️ 2:55 - Headline 2 ✔️ 4:20 - Headline 3 ✔️ 5:36 - Language summary More popular videos to help you improve your English: ⭐ 'News Review: Rainforest: destruction gets worse 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14cNavJCsr8 ⭐ The difference between 'raining hard' and 'hardly raining' 👉    • ‘hard’ VS ‘hardly’ – what’s the diffe...   ⭐ 6 minute English: The relationship between food and mood 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG7dJ6A3l7w 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 http://tinyurl.com/ps3hplv ✔️ Visit our website 👉 https://www.bbclearningenglish.com/ ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/bbclearningenglish ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/bbclearningenglish.multimedia ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@bbclearningenglish We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #newsreview #amazon #climatechange