The 20 minute burst of heavy rain that fell yesterday morning (Thursday) in the Algarve, flooded roads in Moncarapacho, and cellars and shops in the Old Town area of Albufeira.
According to the Algarve District Emergency and Civil Protection Command, “the heavy rainfall that fell in a short space of time between 10:58 and 11:18, resulted in a total of 13 incidents recorded in various areas of the
Algarve, with no personal injuries reported”.
Albufeira was the Algarve municipality where the highest number of incidents were recorded, five of which were on public roads, followed by Moncarapacho, but none of them were serious.
The Civil Protection source said that “there is also a record of a roof falling in on a warehouse in Silves, which collapsed due to the weight of accumulated water, but without causing personal injury”.
However, he added, “there was no need to reinforce Civil Protection resources”, with local fire departments having resolved all incidents.
“At this moment, all incidents have been resolved, with water flowing normally,” he specified.
Beja and the Algarve are under an increased weather warning of orange alert between 6:00hr and 18:00hr today (Friday), due to more heavy showers, thunderstorms and potential hail again, say the IPMA.
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