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rains continued to hit eastern Minas Gerais in the first days of
October, but sunny weather predominated in Itabirinha from the 3rd, contributing to the melting of the ice and cleaning up. According to the Civil Defense, 15 tractors and 80 trucks were engaged in cleaning the city. On day 6, the process of clearing the roads was not yet completed and there were still blocks of ice near the rivers.
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harvest, the main economic activity of the municipality, was lost, the equivalent of 800,000 sacks. According to the then mayor Clóvis de Castro, 150,000 coffee trees were destroyed. The water and electricity supply, and telecommunication services were interrupted throughout the city and 24 hours
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