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A source from the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) told the Lusa agency that the 391 recorded occurrences are “mostly floods, falling trees and falling structures.”
However, “there is no occurrence associated with significant injury or damage.”
The latest evaluation carried out by ANEPC on the events related to the passage of the Bárbara depression shows that Lisbon is the district most affected by bad weather (with 149 of the 391 events), followed by Leiria, Guarda, Coimbra, Setúbal and Porto .
The districts of Lisbon, Santarém, Setúbal, Portalegre, Castelo Branco, Aveiro, Coimbra and Porto will be put on a special orange alert (the second most serious on the scale) starting at 00:00 on Tuesday due to rain. strong and windy.
In the Civil Protection system, the orange special alert status means that the level 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. .
This status will last until 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday.
The entire national territory is currently on a yellow alert for bad weather.
The districts of Lisbon, Setúbal, Santarém, Portalegre and Castelo Branco will be under a red meteorological alert this Tuesday, the most serious, due to the forecast of heavy rains, after the passage of the Bárbara depression, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA).
The red warning, the most severe on a scale of four, will be in effect in all five districts between 12:00 and 18:00 on Tuesday.
The red warning corresponds to a meteorological situation of extreme risk. Faced with this situation, the IPMA recommends that people keep up to date with the evolution of meteorological conditions and follow the civil protection guidelines.
Continental Portugal is currently under the effect of the Barbara depression, which will lead to heavy rainfall, increased wind intensity with gusts of up to 100 kilometers per hour and up to 130 kilometers per hour in the mountains and maritime agitation, especially in the south coast. .
For today, IPMA placed the districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga, Porto, Aveiro, Vila Real, Bragança, Aveiro, Coimbra, Guarda, Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Leiria, Santarém, Lisbon and Setúbal under orange notice between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. 00:00 on Tuesday due to the forecast of heavy and persistent rain and strong wind.
Until 6:00 p.m. today, all the districts of the continent were under yellow alert and from this hour 15 they turned orange. On Tuesday, five are under a red warning and the remaining 13 are under an orange warning due to precipitation.
The IPMA also placed the island of Madeira under a yellow alert due to the forecast of strong southwest wind with gusts of up to 130 kilometers per hour until 00:00 on Tuesday, then passing the orange until 18:00.
In the Azores archipelago, the islands of Graciosa, S. Jorge, Faial, Pico and Terceira (central group) will be under yellow warning due to the forecast of heavy rainfall, which may be accompanied by thunderstorms between 00:00 and 20 : 00 on Tuesday. Monday, as well as the islands of Corvo and Flores (western group), due to the strong wind, until 00:00 hours on Tuesday.
[Notícia atualizada às 21:00]