The rain that devastates the state of Minas Gerais continues causing deaths and damage this Sunday (9). Since the beginning of the rainy season, on October 1, 2021, until this Sunday afternoon (9), the events left 3,374 people homeless and another 13,723 homeless in the state.
Six deaths caused by the rains were also registered. The Civil Defense informs that the deaths that occurred in the Capitol tragedy will not be included in the balance sheet until the investigations are concluded.
The MG Fire Department reported that, in Vila São João Batista, Belo Horizonte, a house collapsed and a 42-year-old woman died.
Also in the capital, in the Buritis neighborhood, according to the firefighters, there was a partial collapse of a building, but without victims. Residents were evacuated until the Civil Defense assessment, which is already in place. The initial information is that there was no structural damage to the building, only on the court, in the leisure area.
Dam failure risk
Residents of the southwestern region of the state of Minas Gerais received an alert this Sunday night to leave their homes due to the high risk of a dam failure at the Usina do Carioca.
The alert was made on social networks by the city of Pará de Minas around 20h. The message says that the evacuation must be carried out by all families below the plant, both in the city itself and in neighboring municipalities: Pitangui, Onça de Pitangui, São João de Cima, Casquilho de Baixo, Casquilho de Cima and Conceição do For.
The city of Pará de Minas set up a support point to receive families who had to leave their homes.
Foxes
A bridge that provided access to the municipality of Raposos, in the north of Minas Gerais, was taken by water after heavy rains persisted in the state. The Fire Department says that the bridge is the only one that gives access to the city.
According to the Fire Department of Minas Gerais, in the region, a crater was also opened by the waters along the MG30 highway towards Belo Horizonte to Nova Lima and could cause new landslides.
The municipality of Raposos is located in the north of the state, 630 km from Nova Lima, where a dam overflowed on Saturday (8).
The state also registered rockslides in Capitol Hill, where eight people died and two are missing.
Santa Luzia
In Santa Luzia, the flood of the Rio das Velhas caused the waters to take one of the main roads in the city, Avenida Beira-Rio, and block two bridges, according to information from the portal Noticiando Santa Luzia. With that, the city was divided.
Emergency in over 138 municipalities
The state had 154 municipalities in emergency situation around 10:30 am this Sunday, according to state governor Romeu Zema, in an interview with CNN. Earlier, the Civil Defense report pointed to 138.
In addition to Nova Lima and Raposos, there are occurrences recorded in Sabará, Brumadinho, Mário Campos, Betim, Juatuba, Rio Maior, Mateus Leme and Contagem.
In its last update, at 10 am this Sunday (9), the Federal Highway Police informed that the current situation of the federal highways of Minas Gerais in relation to interdictions is like this:
On the BR-040, the stretch between km 562 and 563, in the municipality of Nova Lima, is completely closed due to the risk of a new overflow at the Pau Branco mine dam.
“Runway has not yet been completely cleaned. Are authorized to pass only emergency vehicles. No release forecast”, informed the PRF.
Also on BR-040, km 572, in the city of Itabirito, is partially banned due to a landslide. The lane towards Rio de Janeiro is paralyzed with no release forecast.
The stretches of km 598 and km 603 of the BR-040, in the city of Congonhas, were released after police cleared the road after a landslide, and removed a tree that had fallen on the road.
On the Fernão Dias Highway, BR-381, km 506, in the municipality of São Joaquim de Bicas is at risk of imminent interdiction because the level of the Paraopeba River is high. At km 527 of the same road, near Brumadinho, part of the lane gave way, blocking the right lane, which runs from São Paulo to Belo Horizonte.
Reference: CNN Brasil
