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Civil Protection announced Monday that five districts will be under red notice on Tuesday due to “heavy and persistent rains.”
The districts under red warning on Tuesday are Lisbon, Setúbal, Portalegre, Santarém and Castelo Branco.
At a press conference held this Monday, Civil Protection indicated that there is a greater probability of floods and flash floods in urban areas and that the population must be alert to the fall of infrastructure and the spillage of trees as a result of the strong wind. with gusts that can reach 130 km / h.
Thus, the population is advised to avoid areas historically at risk of flooding, to maintain gutters and to fix objects that can be released by the wind.
Civil Protection has announced that it will place eight districts in the center and north of the country on a special orange alert at 00:00 on Tuesday due to “strong and persistent” rain and wind.
Lisbon, Santarém, Setúbal, Portalegre, Castelo Branco, Aveiro, Coimbra and Porto are eight districts that will be on an orange alert (the second most serious on the scale) between 00:00 on Tuesday and 23:59 on Wednesday, he said. Alexandre Panda, an operations group of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC), at a press conference.
Currently the entire national territory is on a yellow alert for bad weather, but the weather conditions will worsen from the beginning of the afternoon on Monday.
In the civil protection system, the orange special alert status means that the degree of risk is high, and a dangerous situation is expected with conditions for the occurrence of unusual phenomena that can cause damage to people and property, compromising their safety.
Alexandre Panda also warned about the possibility of floods, flash floods, and falling trees and infrastructure.
Hiking trails closed in Madeira
The walking routes in Madeira, known as levadas and very popular for resident and visitor walks, are closed due to poor weather conditions in the region, which is under an orange weather warning due to heavy rains.
The Institute of Forests and Conservation of Nature (IFCN) closed the recommended hiking routes in the region while the orange meteorological alert issued by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) is in force”, It can be read in the information released by the Ministry of the Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change.
The island of Madeira has 30 recommended hiking trails, and another three in Porto Santo.
The note adds that Quinta do Santo da Serra, in the upper part of the municipality of Santa Cruz, adjacent to the east of Funchal, is also closed to the public, “as a preventive measure.”
The IPMA has put the north and south coasts, the mountainous areas of Madeira and the island of Porto Santo on notice until 9:00 am on Tuesday due to forecasts of “temporarily heavy rains, sometimes in the form of downpours, which can accompanied by a storm ”, and strong wind with gusts of up to 100 kilometers per hour.
In mountainous areas, these can reach 130 kilometers / hour.
Due to the adverse weather conditions, the Port of Funchal captaincy also issued a bad weather warning for the maritime zone, recommending that the vessels remain in the ports of refuge.
Porto Santo Line, the concessionaire of Lobo Marinho, a ship that makes connections between the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo, canceled the trips scheduled for Sunday and Monday, considering that the safety of the ship and passengers was compromised. ”.
Despite the bad weather, there are no serious damage situations to report at the end of this morning by the regional authorities.
