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27 lut 2024 · Aveiro, Brazil – The flames roared higher than a hundred feet, sending smoke billowing across the jungle. Boars scattered from the underbrush. Toucans shot from the trees. And thousands of acres of...
2 dni temu · For example, the Villa Americana had running water, while the Brazilian workers carried water from wells. As construction progressed, Fordlandia became a functional company town, with schools, sawmills, a water tower, cafes, and a hospital, the first of its kind to perform intricate surgery within the depths of the Amazon rainforest. The Villa ...
The six houses in the American Village still had their original furniture, silverware and even clothes that were left behind when the town was deserted. The houses were claimed by locals and most items were sold or taken as souvenirs. One of the houses was lost to a fire.
20 lut 2017 · FORDLÂNDIA, Brazil — The Amazon jungle already swallowed the Winding Brook Golf Course. Floods ravaged the cemetery, leaving behind a stockpile of concrete crosses. The 100-bed hospital...
An early problem at Fordlandia was the Amazon’s heavy rains that washed out the nutrient-rich soil needed for growing the rubber trees. Extensive terracing was needed to prevent flooding on the cleared land.
29 mar 2023 · It’s said to be the largest man-made fire in that part of the Amazon, according to a recent visit to the settlement by Insider.
11 maj 2024 · A historic drought in the Amazon had dramatic consequences for millions of people last year. Some communities were left stranded without access to drinking water, food or means of transportation. In November, smoke hung in the air in Fordlândia, rising from wildfires lit by humans for deforestation.
