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We are going to talk about Minas Gerais today. A video circulating on the internet is being attributed to the opening of the spillway of the Três Marias dam, located in the central region of the state. Along with the video, information is circulating that indicates that residents of riverside communities have already received an alert due to the opening of the spillway and will have to leave their homes. The message still speaks, in a tone of hope that the São Francisco River can become the sea again. Read the message circulating online and watch the video: Três Marias Dam in Minas Gerais opens the spillway today after 16 years. With the intense rains in Minas Gerais in recent days, the direction of the Dam Três Marias opened the spillway today as a matter of urgency and safety. With the opening of the spillway and rain forecast for Minas Gerais, we In the next few days, an alert was issued to riverside dwellers and families are already being removed from their homes by Civil Defense with support from the Military Police and Navy, leaving the Army on notice for support if necessary. > ## Ancelmo Gois wrote a text criticizing Eduardo Paes? We check Hope returns that dam levels along the São Francisco River like Paulo Afonso, Sobrandinho and Xingo return to levels like in the past, bringing back the freshwater sea in municipalities in northeastern Brazil. He was alert issued for the next few hours for the central region of Minas mainly to the capital of Minas Gerais and to some cities in the North of Minas like Montes Claros. The Government of Minas determined that families residing on the banks of the São River Francisco mainly on islands that immediately leave their residences, as with the opening of the Três Marias Dam spillway the The level of the São Francisco River may exceed flood levels in 1979 and 1989. ## Video shows opening of the spillway of the Três Marias dam, in Minas General? This message spread mainly for two reasons: the images impressive and the warning that riverside communities would have to leave the banks of the São Francisco. But is this story really real? The answer it's not. Don't worry, we'll explain everything to you. Let's first go to the part where there is an exaggeration. In fact, there was an opening of the Três Marias dam floodgates. It started on February 28th and it was expanded on March 5th. However, there was no warning, less so for now, so that riverside communities can leave their homes. It is important to mention that the opening of the floodgates has the objective, precisely, of prevent riverside communities on the São Francisco from suffering from floods (and not the opposite as the message points out). Look what this Committee article says of the São Francisco Hydrographic Basin on February 28: _The floodgates of the Três Marias Hydroelectric Plant, located in the city of Central region of the state, will be partially opened from 1pm this Friday (28). According to Cemig, the operation aims to prevent reaches the storage limit, causing disruption and flooding for riverside communities of the São Francisco River._ Now, let's go to the second part: the one that points out that the video in question is from opening of the Três Marias dam spillway. The answer to this question was achieved thanks to another investigation by Boatos.org. I don't know if you know, but here at Boatos.org we only publish information which we discovered to be demonstrably false. This means that the number of The messages we investigate are much greater than the ones we publish. One of investigations we made were in relation to the same video, which was being attributed to an action by Furnas Energia at the Funil Hydroelectric Plant, in Rio of January. As we were in doubt about the veracity of the information, we contacted with the company, which gave us the following response: “Good afternoon, yes it is a standard procedure for opening the diffuser valve carried out at the Plant Funil hydroelectric plant last Wednesday (04/03)”. After we entered contact with the company, Furnas Energia even published the video. Watch and read: Last Wednesday (04/03), the Funil Hydroelectric Plant, located in Itatiaia (RJ), opened its diffusion valve. The strength of the water is impressive operational procedure, which lasts between 5 and 10 minutes, is a periodic test of this equipment. The objective is to clean the area where the water passes until it reaches to the hydroelectric turbines, which generate energy for thousands of consumers in the southern region of the state of Rio de Janeiro. The valve opening is carried out in a programmed and controlled manner, according to with the operating conditions of the reservoir, with safety for technicians who work at the plant and residents of cities that are downstream of the dam. It is now possible to conclude that if the video was recorded in a dam in Furnas in Itatiaia (in Rio de Janeiro) was not recorded in the Três dam Marias (in Minas Gerais). In short: the story that points out that riverside dwellers are being removed from their houses in Minas Gerais due to the opening of floodgates in the dam Três Marias is false. The video circulating online is also not from the location. Ps.: This article is a suggestion from Boatos.org readers. 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Três Marias Dam in Minas Gerais opens the spillway today after 16 years With the intense rains in Minas Gerais in recent days the management of the Três Marias Dam opened the spillway today as a matter of urgency and safety