On the day Portugal goes to vote to choose a government, weather forecasts indicate “occasional heavy showers until the end of the morning, decreasing in intensity and frequency from the afternoon.” There is therefore a slight improvement in the weather after Saturday’s heaviest snowfall in six years blanketed the northern and central interior with a half-metre-high white blanket and isolated several villages.
In the municipality of Castro Daire, “the intervention of firefighters to support the population occurred in several villages of the parish of Gosende,” as explained by the second commander of the local corporation, Fernando Albuquerque. He added that today, “when voting rights need to be guaranteed, clearing roads is a priority.”
There were also isolated villages in Vila Real, so the volunteer firefighters of Cruz Branca were able to deliver food to 30 home care users from the Social and Parish Center of Vilarinho da Samarda. The bad weather is associated with the passage of the Monica Depression; the temperature in Serra da Estrela dropped to minus two degrees.
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266 SUPPORT REQUESTS
Until 18:00 this Saturday, the National Office of Emergency Situations and Civil Protection registered 266 incidents, most of them in the Center (116) and the North (79). Mostly trees and buildings fell, but roads were also cut. In Pinyan (Aliho), a landslide disrupted railway traffic. SEVERAL ACCIDENTS IN LEIRIA
Rain and hail in the Leiria area caused several accidents without injuries on the A1, A13, A17 and IC2 highways. Hello also to Serra d’Ossa, in Alentejo. Snow fell in the San Mamede (Portalegre) mountain range. And in Pernes (Santarém), gusts of wind damaged houses and the power grid.
266 SUPPORT REQUESTS
Until 18:00 this Saturday, the National Office of Emergency Situations and Civil Protection registered 266 incidents, most of them in the Center (116) and the North (79). Mostly trees and buildings fell, but roads were also cut. In Pinyan (Aliho), a landslide disrupted railway traffic. SEVERAL ACCIDENTS IN LEIRIA
Rain and hail in the Leiria area caused several accidents without injuries on the A1, A13, A17 and IC2 highways. Hello also to Serra d’Ossa, in Alentejo. Snow fell in the San Mamede (Portalegre) mountain range. And in Pernes (Santarém), gusts of wind damaged houses and the power grid.
Author: João Saramago, Sarah Carneiro This Alexander Salgueiro
Source: CM Jornal
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