40% of the cities in Minas Gerais are in a state of emergency due to the rains. There is a risk of dam breaks.
According to the government, 26.492 people are displaced and another 4.047 are homeless in the state. In Ouro Preto, a Vale dam has been put on emergency alert.
247 - The heavy rains that have fallen in Minas Gerais in recent weeks have raised the number of cities in a state of emergency to 374, which corresponds to 43% of the entire state.
Among the cities affected by the floods are the capital, Belo Horizonte, Nova Lima, Betim, Montes Claros, Governador Valadares, Caratinga, Teófilo Otoni, and Pará de Minas.
According to the State Civil Defense Coordination, released this Thursday (13), 26.492 people are displaced and another 4.047 are homeless due to the rains. The state has recorded 25 deaths since the beginning of the rainy season.
According to the Minas Gerais state government, approximately 36 items of humanitarian aid were delivered to municipalities in the affected regions, including 11.820 basic food baskets, 4.157 mattresses, 10.125 cleaning kits, and 10.555 hygiene kits.
Vale dam raises emergency alert.
In the city of Ouro Preto, where the landslide that buried historic mansion, the Vale dam called Area IX, at the Fábrica Mine, rose from emergency level 1 to level 2, this Thursday (13), due to the rains. At this stage, the evacuation of people near the structure is recommended.
According to information from the G1A document signed by a Vale employee states that the water in the dam has reached its highest maximum level since monitoring began. "The dam continues to be inspected daily and monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by the Operational Geotechnics and Geotechnical Monitoring Center (CMG)," the text says.
The document also states that there are no people in the self-rescue zone.
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