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“In the last 24 hours, which correspond to the beginning of the alert state [da Proteção Civil] There were 510 occurrences due to Barbara’s depression, ”a source from the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) told Lusa today.
These events are mostly “floods, tree falls, road clearing and structure falls.”
The Lisbon district is the most affected by bad weather, with 171 occurrences of the total recorded, followed by Setúbal (67), Coimbra and Guarda (both with 37), Leiria and Santarém (both with 36).
“These six districts concentrated 75% of the activity registered in the peninsula,” said the same source, adding that “there is no record of victims.”
The only damages that occurred were, for example, flooded basements or garages, Civil Protection specified.
The ANEPC predicts “a relief” of the meteorological situation during the dawn of today, but, “as of 09:00, there should be a further deterioration.”
The districts of Lisbon, Santarém, Setúbal, Portalegre, Castelo Branco, Aveiro, Coimbra and Porto are in a state of special orange alert (the second most serious on the scale) as of 00:00 today due to heavy rains and wind. .
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 districts of Lisbon, Setúbal, Santarém, Portalegre and Castelo Branco are also today under the red weather warning, the most serious, due to the forecast of heavy rains, after the passage of the Barbara depression, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA).
The red warning, the most serious of a scale of four, will be in effect in the five districts between 12:00 and 18:00 today.
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.
Mainland Portugal is under the effect of the Bárbara depression, which will lead to heavy rains, increased wind intensity with gusts of up to 100 kilometers per hour and up to 130 kilometers per hour in the mountains and maritime disturbances, especially on the coast. from the southern region.
The IPMA also placed the island of Madeira under an orange alert until 6:00 p.m. today due to the forecast of strong southwest wind with gusts of up to 130 kilometers per hour.
In the Azores archipelago, the Graciosa, S. Jorge, Faial, Pico and Terceira islands (central group) are under yellow alert due to the forecast of heavy rainfall, and may be accompanied by a thunderstorm between 00:00 and 00:00 20:00 today.
