The Lisbon and Tagus Valley region was hit hardest by bad weather until early Friday morning, with 246 incidents occurring there, for a total of 609 interventions recorded by civil protection since midnight Thursday.
In a report to Luse at 9:00 a.m., Pedro Araújo of the National Emergency Management and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) explained that 609 incidents have been reported since the start of the weather alert. most of which fell from trees. .
The Lisbon and Tagus Valley region is followed by the Northern region with 177 cases.
In total, ANEPC recorded 236 tree falls, 74 situations where roads had to be cleared of rain-borne aggregates, and 86 flooding events, mostly involving roads, elevator shafts and basements.
The official also said that no casualties were recorded and there was no need for resettlement.
The official also warned of some instability expected this Friday, with precipitation forecast to be heavy locally and equally heavy seas.
Eleven areas of mainland Portugal are under a yellow warning (the third most severe) this Friday due to the forecast of rain, sometimes heavy, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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