Between midnight and 7am this morning, the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) recorded a total of 71 incidents throughout the country, due to heavy rain and wind.
Most of the incidents were floods, with the worst affected area in the country being the Algarve. Luckily there have been no casualties so far.
“We had 71 incidents in the country related to bad weather, 51 of which were floods. The most affected areas were the Algarve with 14, the Setúbal Peninsula with 13, Greater Lisbon with eight and the rest were spread across the rest of the country in smaller numbers,” ANEPC reports.
South of Lisbon in the Setubal region, “we recorded a case of extreme wind on N253 between Alcácer do Sal and Comporta, in an area where there are no houses. Trees and power lines fell here. Road traffic has now been restored and communications companies are currently assessing the damage to their infrastructure. We have no reports on people or houses being affected.”
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) has placed Aveiro, Viseu, Coimbra, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Santarém, Lisbon, Portalegre, Evora, Setúbal, Beja and Faro under yellow warning until midnight on Thursday.
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