The Civil Protection registered this Saturday about 400 occurrences due to bad weather, more than half of which flooding of the public road, mobilizing more than 1,300 firefighters and nearly 500 vehicles, said to Lusa the deputy of operations national.
The district of Lisbon was the most affected, registering, 161 occurrences), followed by Setúbal, with 74, and Santarém, with 67 cases, according to the balance of Civil Protection carried out around 23:30 on Saturday, said Miguel Cruz.
Of the occurrences recorded from 08:00, 266 were flooding the public road and a 52-drops from the trees.
In total, were mobilized 1.354 effective and 499 vehicles.
According to the deputy of operations national, the most critical period was recorded between the time of lunch until the middle of the afternoon, but bad weather has moved after in the direction of the north of the country and has lost intensity.
The incidents have not caused victims, with only some material damage, especially in cars that have been caught up in the floods.
For Sunday, the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) provides for a rebate of the state of the time, except in the Azores, where the Civil Protection warned of a worsening of the time from the end of the day Sunday in the Flores and Corvo, with the forecast of rain and lightning.
According to the forecasts of the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), a front surface of the cold will likely lead to a worsening of the time in those two islands of the Western group of the archipelago that are going to be under yellow warning – the least severe on a scale of four,due to rainfall and lightning between the 18:00 local (over an hour in Lisbon), Sunday and 02:00 on Monday.
in the Face of these forecasts, the Regional Service of Civil Protection and Firefighters of the Azores (SRPCBA) recommends that they be taken self-protection measures, in particular the cleaning of the drainage systems and not circulate without need.
In places not paved, the Civil Protection warns that the waters can cause soil erosion, leading to the fall of walls, embankments and utility poles.
the captaincy of the Port of Funchal was again extended to the beginning of Saturday night, the warnings of sea wave and strong wind in the seas of Wood up to 18:00 Sunday, insisting that the boats to remain in harbours.
The information from the maritime authority regional is based on the forecasts of the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) that points to waves from the west up to 4.5 meters, and then gradually to 3.5 from the north-west, on the North coast, and 3.5 metres in the southern part.
As the wind is sometimes strong, decreasing to moderate to fresh.
it is Recommended that the owner or owners of the boats take the necessary precautions so that they remain in the ports of refuge", can be read in documents.
THE IPMA has placed the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo under warning 'Yellow' – the least serious on a scale of four – until midnight today to the situation of wind strong from the west with gusts up to 100 kilometres/hour and due to the "significant height" of the waves with four or five meters.
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