Depression Bernard will arrive on the mainland this Sunday morning, penetrating the Algarve and Alentejo. At night it reaches the north, although with less impact, exposing the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere. The depression’s movement is causing “heavy and locally very intense rainfall, as well as increased wind strength and conditions favorable for thunderstorms and strong wind gusts,” IPMA said. Bad weather and heavy rain caused flooding at the Pingo Doce do Lavradio (Barreiro) hypermarket this Saturday, forcing it to close. In Madeira, the onset of the depression led to the cancellation of at least 30 flights until the early evening.
Due to bad weather, the districts of Faro, Beja, Évora, Setúbal, Portalegre and Santarem are under an orange warning (the second most severe). And in yellow warning Lisbon, Leiria, Coimbra, Castelo Branco, Viseu, Guarda and Aveiro. The head of the National Emergency Management and Civil Protection Directorate, Andre Fernandez, warned of possible “floods in Greater Lisbon and the Setúbal Peninsula.”