The National Emergency Management and Civil Protection Directorate recorded 394 incidents related to bad weather between 20:00 and 7:00 on Tuesday, most of which occurred in Greater Lisbon and the Setúbal Peninsula.
Speaking to Lusa, Paulo Santos from the National Emergency Management and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) said that 142 incidents occurred in the Lisbon municipality and 42 in the Setubal peninsula.
Eight areas of mainland Portugal were orange on Tuesday due to wind and heavy rain, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).
Areas of Lisbon, Coimbra and Leiria are under a yellow warning due to strong winds forecast, while Vila Real is under a yellow warning due to rain.
Porto, Braga, Viana do Castelo and Aveiro are under an orange warning due to wind and heavy rain.
The remaining areas are under a yellow warning due to the forecast for at times heavy rainfall, the IPMA said. This Tuesday the entire Portuguese coast is also under an orange warning due to rough seas.
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Updated October 17, 2023 | 15:06
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A tree fell onto the road and hit the wall of a house in Azietau
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A car collided with a large tree that had fallen on the EN103 highway in Esposende
A car crashed into a large tree that fell on National Road 103 on Tuesday due to bad weather.
The road had been closed to traffic since approximately 12:35 p.m. when a large tree branch fell onto the road connecting Barcelos and Viana do Castelo while a car was passing through the area. The driver was unable to avoid a collision with a tree lying on the road. Despite the damage to the car, the driver was not injured.
Esposende volunteer firefighters are on the scene cutting branches from the tree and clearing the road. Esposende GNR is also on site.
Civil protection recorded 94 incidents due to bad weather on the Setúbal Peninsula
Bad weather that hit the Setúbal region in the early hours of the morning caused 94 incidents until 12:30 p.m., but there was no significant damage or casualties, Civil Protection said on Tuesday.
According to the Subregional Command for Emergency Management and Civil Protection of the Setúbal Peninsula, most of the incidents reported in the region were tree falls, but none resulted in casualties or significant damage.
The most serious situation, according to Civil Protection, occurred in the municipality of Sesimbra, where a wooden pole fell on a car and broke the windshield.
Construction of the student grid in Covilha delayed due to heavy rain
Latada, a procession of students from the University of the Interior of Beira (UBI) in Covilha, was postponed on Tuesday due to unfavorable weather conditions, the Academic Association announced today.
In a statement released approximately two and a half hours before the start of the initiative, the Academic Association of the University of the Interior of Beira (AAUBI), the organizing organization, explained that it made the decision after a conversation with Civil Defense.
“After contacting Civil Protection, we inform you that Latada will be rescheduled to a date to be communicated.”
The float procession is an event integrated into the freshman reception, in which not only new students participate, but also the remaining students of the institution, which has about nine thousand students.
Loures Police Station PSP ceases operations due to water intrusion
The Loures PSP police station closed its services to the public at 4am on Tuesday, with no plans to reopen. A powerful tornado that hit the Lisbon area early this morning caused water to enter the premises of this police department.
For what CM When found out, it was decided that there were no safe conditions for the police station to operate due to the risk of a short circuit. Water intrusion occurred from the gutter and reached the electrical panel of the police station.
Bus stuck in a hole in the center of Lisbon
On Tuesday morning, a bus got stuck in a hole on Rua da Boavista in Lisbon. Due to the incident, travel on the street is difficult.
Scaffolding that could fall is blocking traffic on the streets of Bairro Alto
Scaffolding on Rua das Flores in Lisbon’s Bairro Alto could fall on Tuesday due to rain and strong winds.
Rua das Flores, Rua do Alecrim and Praça Duque da Terceira are closed to traffic. Civil security is on site.
Photos of the structure were published on social networks.
A tree crashes into a car on a panoramic road in Porto
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A tree fell on a wall in Setúbal
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Man injured by falling tree in Matosinhos
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Faro city center flooded due to bad weather
Intense rain recorded in the early morning in the Algarve led to some roads being flooded, with the center of Faro the worst affected area, a civil defense source told Lusa.
According to the Faro District Relief Command (CDOS), a total of 19 incidents were reported caused by the rain that fell shortly after 8 a.m., “most of which are the most significant reported in the city of Faro.”
“We have received warnings of some streets in the city center being flooded. [de Faro] which limited vehicular and pedestrian traffic, but no significant material damage was recorded,” the same source clarified.
The source said that after about an hour, “at about 9 o’clock in the morning, the rain stopped, the water was drained through the storm system and the situation returned to normal.”
Viseu City Council temporarily closes several green spaces due to bad weather
Various green spaces in the city of Viseu will be temporarily closed due to bad weather due to the risk of falling branches, the chamber said Tuesday.
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