Between Sunday evening and 08:00 local time (09:00 in Lisbon), heavy rain and thunderstorms caused 44 incidents on the islands of Terceira, São Miguel and Pico, such as floods and landslides, the Civil Protection Service reported this Monday Azores Islands. .
Thus, the Regional Civil Protection and Fire Protection Service of the Azores (SRPCBA) reports that the majority of the incidents (32) occurred on the island of Terceira, and all of them occurred in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, mainly affecting the parishes of Fontinhas, São Bras. and Vila Nova.
Of the remaining 11 were in São Miguel (Ponta Delgada, Ribeira Grande, Povoisão and Nordeste) and one in Lajes do Pico.
“Most of the reported situations involve flooding in houses, flooding on roads and landslides,” describes the Civil Protection of the Azores.
Firefighters, the Regional Office of Public Works, the Municipal Civil Protection Services and the Public Security Police (PSP) were on site to support and resolve the various situations related to bad weather that affected the central groups (Terceira, São Jorge, Pico, Graciosa and Faial). ) and the eastern (San Miguel and Santa Maria) Azores, which were under a yellow warning, the least severe on a scale of three.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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