The municipal civil protection service of Vila do Porto on the island of Santa Maria in the Azores recorded 10 incidents this Sunday due to bad weather, with access to Maya Bay temporarily closed.
According to this source, 10 incidents recorded since early afternoon due to heavy rain involved falling trees, as well as flooding and road blockages.
The municipality of Vila do Porto said this afternoon in a statement sent to the Lusa agency, “that access to Maya Bay [uma zona de veraneio] temporarily prohibited.”
The municipality asked the public to “avoid driving on public roads as there are several local options to clear the roads.”
The municipality also said that the so-called “Caminho da Cruz” in the parish of Santo Espirito is “closed until tomorrow.” [segunda-feira]October 2, due to road closure.”
It adds that “access to the center of the parish of Santo Espiritu can be done along the Malbusca trail or by detour along the Santo António trail.”
According to the Municipal Civil Protection of Vila do Porto, the bad weather, which hit, in particular, the parish of Espirito Santo on the island of Santa Maria, did not cause any personal or material damage.
At 16:50 local time (17:50 in Lisbon), two dozen members of the Municipal Civil Protection, the parish councils of Santa Barbara and Santo Espirito, private citizens on the island and a delegation from the Regional Secretariat for Tourism, Mobility and Infrastructure were on the ground.
The municipal civil protection service of Vila do Porto guarantees that it will “continue to monitor the work” to clear roads damaged by the weather.
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) has placed the islands of São Miguel and Santa Maria in the eastern group of the Azores under an orange warning from 00:00 to 18:00 this Sunday due to “occasionally heavy rainfall.” which may be accompanied by thunderstorms.”
A yellow warning will be in place from 6pm this Sunday until 12am Monday, including for “sometimes heavy” rain, which may be accompanied by thunderstorms.
The orange warning is the second-most severe on the scale and is issued in “moderate to high risk weather situations,” according to the IPMA.
A yellow warning, the least severe on a scale of three, is issued whenever a risk situation arises for certain activities depending on the meteorological situation.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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