The cold front arriving in the region Friday should bring rainfall of up to 100mm in 24h, plus flooding and landslides. In Rio de Janeiro state, precipitation could reach 200mm by Sunday.
The number of people claiming compensation now stand at 1,400. The lawsuit targets Tüv Süd, the German company hired by Vale to assess the dam at the Córrego do Feijão mine in Brumadinho.
Each cross bears the name of one of the people killed in the collapse of Dam I (B1). The rupture caused the collapse of two other dams (B-IV and B-IV-A) at the same mine.
A federal ruling stipulates that the amount should fund repair work in communities in Espírito Santo state which the two construction giants were reluctant to recognize as affected by the 2015 dam collapse.
The winning company paid the state government BRL 3.5 mi for the concession of the Ibitipoca and Itacolomi parks—nine times the minimum BRL 391.4 thousand.
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