A shipping container fell on a car in Matosinhos. There are two wounded

A shipping container fell on a car in Matosinhos. There are two wounded

A shipping container from the port of Leixões fell on a car in Matosinhos this Thursday. Two people were injured.

The alarm came at 9:38. The Matosinhos-Lisa fire department is on site, consisting of six operational personnel and two vehicles.

A large tree fell in the Republic Square in Porto and blocked traffic

According to Civil Protection sources, this Thursday a large tree fell in the Republic Square in Porto, damaging vehicles, a bus stop and blocking roads.

According to the Porto Metropolitan Sub-Regional Command, the incident was reported at 8:50 a.m. and no casualties were reported.

At around 9:30 a.m., a source from the Sapadores Porto fire department told Lusa that a falling tree caused damage to “vehicles and a bus stop.”

The sources did not specify which roads were cut or how long the dismantling and cleanup work would take.

Almost 200 incidents from 00:00 to 7:00 in the north and center.

Civil Protection recorded 199 incidents related to bad weather in the Northern and Central regions from 00:00 to 07:00 this Thursday, most of which were tree falls, with no casualties or serious damage.

Speaking to Lusa, Commander Paulo Santos of the National Emergency Management and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) said the northern region, mainly the areas of Porto and Viseu, was hardest hit.

“In the Northern region we had a total of 145 incidents, 116 of which were tree falls, and in the Central region we had 54, of which 42 were also tree falls associated with high winds,” he said.

According to Paulo Santos, seven incidents were also recorded in the Lisbon region of Vale do Tejo.

“In addition to falling trees, minor floods and falls of buildings were also recorded, but in smaller numbers,” he said.

According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA), mainland Portugal is today experiencing the effects of the Ciarão Depression, with sometimes strong winds, rough seas and precipitation.

Length of a large tree falls in Travessa da Ajuda

Lisbon is already experiencing bad weather and a large tree has fallen on Travessa da Ajuda. Firefighters from the Lisbon Sapadores Service are on the scene.

The Sapadores are also located on Rua Fernand Mendes Pinto in Alges, where the road is flooded.

A tree fell and crashed into a car carrying a father and son in Ponte de Lima

A large tree, located in the garden of the Ponte de Lima High School, fell onto the road at about 8:30 this morning and hit a car driving there, but the two passengers were not injured.

Speaking to Lusa, the commander of the Ponte de Lima volunteer fire brigade, Carlos Lima, explained that the car, which was “severely damaged,” was driving along Calle Conego Manuel José Barbosa Correia, in front of the school, when the tree fell.

“Two passengers, a man and his son, who were walking to school, were not injured.”

The falling tree damaged, less seriously, four other cars parked in front of the school.

Calle Conego Manuel José Barbosa Correia in Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo district, is closed to traffic so firefighters can remove the tree.

Vasco da Gama and 25 April bridges with speed limit

There are speed limits on the Vasco da Gama and 25 April bridges this Thursday morning due to strong winds, a source at the company Lusoponte, which manages these infrastructures, told Lusa.

The speed on the 25 April Bridge has been reduced from 70 to 60 kilometers per hour (km/h), and on the Vasco da Gama Bridge in the north-south direction the maximum speed is now 80 km/h and in the opposite direction. direction 60 km/h due to strong winds.

The speed limit on the Vasco da Gama Bridge is 120 km/h, except for small sections.

The Civil Protection Service registered more than 40 incidents

Since 00:00 this Thursday, more than 40 incidents have been recorded, most of them in the Northern and Central regions, due to bad weather, according to information posted on the website of the National Emergency Management and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC).

According to ANEPC, more than 40 incidents have been reported across the country, most of which involved falls from trees and buildings.

Seven areas are under red warning from today until Friday due to rough seas

Seven areas of mainland Portugal will be under a red warning between Thursday and Friday due to forecast heavy seas, the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) said.

Porto, Viana do Castelo, Lisbon, Leiria, Aveiro, Coimbra and Braga will be under a red warning from 09:00 today until 15:00 Friday due to the forecast of “northwest waves of significant height between 7 and 8 metres”. which could reach a maximum height of 14/15 meters.”