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.
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 drilling was in the pre-salt region of the Espírito Santo Basin, 145 kilometers (km) off the coast, in an area known as Monai. The news was released by the company this Friday (10).
Gerson Camata, 77, former state governor of Espírito Santo state and a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) party, was gunned down on Wednesday afternoon (26) on Praia do Canto, in state capital Vitória.
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