View of graffiti at the Jaguari dam, part of the hydrological Cantareira System, which presents a low level of water, in city of Vargem, 54.5 miles from city of Sao Paulo, Brazil on 24 October 2014

Brazil's Deadly Drought

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A man stands in a crack on the dried-up bed of the Atibainha dam in Nazare Paulista(Reuters)

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The Jaguari dam, part of the hydrological Cantareira System, which is at a low level of water, in city of Vargem, 54.5 miles from city of Sao Paulo, Brazil on 24 October 2014 3

A vehicle drives along state highway SP-065 over the dry bed of the Atibainha dam, part of the

system that provides most of the potable water to Greater Sao Paulo(Reuters)

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The Jaguari Reservoir in the Cantareira System pictured in August 2013

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The Jaguari Reservoir in the Cantareira System pictured in August 2014 - with levels having decreased from 12 per cent to four per cent since, Nasa says

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January was the hottest and driest month on record in much of southeastern Brazil, punishing crops in the country's agricultural heartland and sending commodities prices sharply higher in global markets.

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A worker is seen inside the Cuncas II tunnel that will link the canals being built to divert water from the Sao Francisco River. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters 8

Cracked ground in an area which used to be underwater at the Jaguari dam. The dam is part of the Cantareira system. Photograph: Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images 9

Cars that the police suspect were stolen and dumped in the lake behind the Jaguari dam appear as the lake dries up due to a prolonged drought in Braganca Paulista, Sao Paulo state(Reuters) 10

A boat sits on the nearly dry lake bed behind the Nazare Paulista dam, part of the Cantareira water system(Reuters) 11

Footprints of a capybara are seen on the cracked bed of the Jaguari dam, part of the Cantareira water supply system, in Joanopollis, 136km (77 miles) from Sao Paulo(Reuters)

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A Sao Paulo state worker stands next to water markers at Jaguari dam, 100km from Sao Paulo(Reuters)13

A view of the Jaguari dam station, part of the Cantareira reservoir, in Braganca Paulista, Sao Paulo state(Reuters)14

A resident fills water bottles from a pipe as the eight-month rationing of water continues as a result of a record drought, in Itu(Reuters) 15

Residents of Itu in Sao Paulo state receive water from public taps due to rationing in their homes as a result of a record drought(Reuters) 16

A homeless man bathes in a sewage pipe that flows into the Tiete River in Sao Paulo(Getty)17

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Parkinson's disease patient Edson Salete, 78, drinks water with the help of her daughter Ana Carolina, 33, in Itu October 27, 2014. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Maria das Gracas, 40, washes her plates from a improvised tap as water rationing continues in Itu(Reuters)19

The owner of a theatre in Sao Paulo stores water in a bucket, as the supply is switched off at night(Getty)

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Residents of Itu, in the region of Sao Paulo state that depends on the Cantareira water system, block a road during a protest against water rationing(Reuters) 21

A group of people makes a line to collect water from a public fountain in Itu, 62 miles from the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil on 22 October 2014 22

Men fish next to cracked ground as the Atibainha dam lake dries up due to a prolonged drought in Nazare Paulista, Sao Paulo state on 17 October 2014

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People fishing at the Jaguari dam, part of the hydrological Cantareira System, which presents a low level of water, in city of Vargem, 54.5 miles from city of Sao Paulo, Brazil on 24 October 2014

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Residents of the region of Sao Paulo state that depend on the Cantareira water system carry containers to draw water from a well in Itu on 18 October 2014 25

View of the Jaguari dam, part of the hydrological Cantareira System, which is at a low level of water, in city of Vargem, 54.5 miles from the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil on 24 October 2014

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The state of São Paulo has experienced drastically low rainfall for the last nine months, with one official stating if it doesn't rain soon the city will "collapse like we’ve never seen before"

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esidents of the region of Sao Paulo state that depend on the Cantareira water system draw water from a well in Itu on 18 October 2014 28

A car is seen on the cracked ground of Atibainha dam as the lake dries up due to a prolonged drought in Nazare Paulista, Sao Paulo State on 17 October 2014

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A resident of the region of Sao Paulo state that depends on the Cantareira water system

receives water from a public spout due to rationing in their homes as a result of a record

drought, in Itu on 29 September 2014

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Residents of the region of Sao Paulo state that depends on the Cantareira water system protest over the rationing of water as a result of a record drought, outside City Hall in Itu on 29 September 2014

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Monica Domingues stands with her children dressed in bathrobes and shower caps during a protest over the rationing of water, outside City Hall in Itu(Reuters)

10/29/2014 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from Internet.

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