Dozens of people have been displaced and at least 3 fatalities reported Three people from the same family died after heavy rain triggered a landslide which destroyed their home in Aratuba on 16 March 2023 A further 15 homes were damaged or deemed unsafe by authorities “The municipal government deeply regrets what happened and will provide full support to the families of the victims and survivors,” the Municipal Prefecture of Aratuba said in a statement A three-day period of mourning was declared State Governor Elmano de Freitas visited the area on 17 March over 30 families were pre-emptively evacuated from homes in neighbourhoods of Itapipoca City on 17 March due to flood and landslide threats Local governments declared a state of emergency in Guaramiranga the government has declared a state of emergency for 20 municipalities in response to recent heavy rainfall Several communities were left isolated after flooding along the Pericumã River near Pinheiro on 16 March Flooding was reported in Imperatriz near the Tocantins River Municipalities under a state of emergency as of 18 March: Afonso Cunha Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList although 23 only had minor injuries and were discharged shortly after arriving in the hospital Mais um vídeo que circula nas redes mostra que os primeiros sinais da queda da pedra em Capitólio, foram vistos por pessoas que estavam no local, cerca de um minuto antes da tragédia. Algumas delas tentaram avisar aos passageiros das lanchas mais próximas sobre o perigo. pic.twitter.com/hRU2dLbv6i The collapse took place after several days of heavy rains that appeared to have helped the rockface to loosen at Furnas Lake. “Today we are suffering the pain of a tragedy in our state, due to heavy rains, which caused the detachment of a wall of rocks in Lago de Furnas, in Capitólio,” Minas Gerais Gov. Romeu Zema tweeted It seems at least some of the people who were on the lake saw it coming. “That piece will fall out,” a woman can be heard saying in one of the videos circulating on social media “Get out of there,” someone can be heard calling out to nearby boats several times before the rock collapses.