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After the tornadoes that occurred in the south of the country this Friday, some regions of the Center and North are about to enter the path of a subtropical cyclone. Leiria and Coimbra are on orange alert.
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) placed the districts of Leiria and Coimbra on an orange alert due to the occurrence of wind, precipitation and storm, due to the passage of Cyclone Alpha, expected in the region around 7 pm. he told the JN Institute source. The depression that was found along the coast of the Leiria district during the afternoon, however, gained “subtropical characteristics” and passed to the category of cyclone, called “Alpha”.
According to forecasts, the cyclone, which registers “very strong winds at height”, is expected to lose intensity as it enters land, although it will remain close to the surface. According to the forecasts of the “National Hurricane Center” (United States National Hurricane Center, in charge of monitoring hurricanes in the Atlantic), after passing through Leiria and Coimbra, the cyclone should reach the regions surrounding the districts of Vila Real and Save. around 8 pm, bound for Spain during the early hours of Saturday.
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