14 de Julho is a partially collapsed hydroelectric dam, formerly with around 100 MW of power, that is located in the Das Antas River between the municipalities of

Cotiporã Cotiporã is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 21 ...

and Bento Gonçalves in Brazil. The dam had an estimated capacity of 55.18 million cubic meters before its collapse. Its construction project started in 2004 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2008.

Collapse

On May 2, 2024, the dam partially collapsed during heavy rains. After the collapse, the region has since been declared a state of emergency by

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

state governor

Eduardo Leite Eduardo Figueiredo Cavalheiro Leite (born 10 March 1985) is a Brazilian politician and governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. During the state's 2018 election, he won with 53.62% of the vote. Leite was elected governor at 33 years old, b ...

, and the Civil Defense issued a statement warning residents in regions around the Taquari River to leave their homes. The collapse of the dam created a wave that exacerbated the 2024 flooding of Rio Grande do Sul. The Brazilian company Companhia Energética Rio das Antas (CERAN) later issued a statement stating that the dam collapse did not significantly alter the flow dynamics in the Taquari–

Antas Antas may refer to: People * Jolanta Antas (born 1954), Polish professor of linguistics Places * Antas, Andalusia, Spain * Antas, Bahia, Brazil * Antăș, Bobâlna, Romania * Antas de Ulla, Galicia, Spain Other * Temple of Antas The Temple o ...

basin.

References

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