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It only took a few minutes and the force of the wind left the city of Beja with dozens of broken and uprooted trees and many damaged vehicles, especially in the parking lot of the Parque de Feiras e Exposições, where the Alentejo-Ovibeja Fair is held.
The unusual scenario that left the passage of what common sense calls a tornado will be unmatched for the elderly, who do not remember something similar, although their passage was limited to a restricted route.
He even feared for the safety of the children attending Mário Beirão Preparatory School, which was in the middle of the gale. The students left safely and one of them told the PUBLIC that he only got scared when he saw “things in the air”. When he got to the street, he realized that “there were many broken trees and others, you could even see the root.
Father João Guerreiro says that he was scared when they told him that a tornado was “destroying Beja”, when in the city where he was, “a strong wind was heard as in other times”, but without the consequences that he ended up observing in the parking lot of Ovibeja that is next to the school.
It can be seen that the tornado’s route – from south to north – also affected the Mira Serra neighborhood and then headed towards the parish of Nossa Senhora das Neves, which is located about five kilometers from the city of Beja, where the ceiling. zinc sheets on the roofs of some houses.
The mayor of Beja, Paulo Arsénio, told the media that until the moment he made statements, around 12 noon, he had not been informed of the existence of people injured after the tornado, as a result of the depression. weather that is suffering. travel from the south of the country to the north.
Meanwhile, cleaning up broken or felled trees and towed away dozens of cars that have broken glass or under branches and fallen trees.
According to Lusa, the commander of the Beja Volunteer Firefighters, Pedro Barahona, the storm caused the fall of “more than 100 trees”, and damage to “between 30 and 40 vehicles” and also to infrastructure such as roofs and antennas.
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) said Thursday that the Beja district would be under yellow warning between 9 am and 3 pm this Friday. The entire national territory will be or was under a yellow warning throughout this Friday, and the IPMA indicates that a depression will cause downpours, sometimes strong and accompanied by electrical storms. with Lusa
