Severe weather once again affected the country this Saturday, particularly in the Greater Lisbon area, where Loures and Odivelas municipalities were hit hardest.
Between 12:00 PM and 8:00 PM, the Greater Lisbon sub-regional command of the Civil Protection registered approximately 120 incidents in these municipalities due to heavy rainfall.
“We registered around 120 incidents. The numbers are not yet finalized as teams are still on the ground,” a source from the command informed, noting that around 400 personnel and 96 vehicles from fire and municipal civil protection services remained in operation.
The source further explained that “all incidents involved flooding in public roads or homes,” with no reported injuries.
Additionally, the national road 8 remains closed between Loures and Póvoa de Santo Adrião “due to a sheet of water.”
Earlier, Hugo Santos, the sub-regional commander of Greater Lisbon, stated that heavy rain caused the Trancão River to overflow in the Flamenga area in Lisbon, leading to road closures and the need to rescue people from their vehicles.
The intense rain that fell this afternoon, especially in the neighborhoods of Odivelas and Loures, necessitated the removal of some individuals from cars in the Flamenga area, according to Civil Protection.
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Furthermore, the Lisbon Metro was also impacted. The Odivelas station was closed at 2:22 PM due to “heavy and sudden rain,” which caused a significant amount of water to enter the station.
The persistent severe weather was the cause of disruption.
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As of 6:00 PM today, the National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection (ANEPC) had recorded a total of 264 incidents attributed to severe weather – an assessment tallying from midnight on Friday.
According to José Rodrigues, an operations officer at ANEPC, a major portion of the incidents were recorded in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, but there were also occurrences in the Alentejo region, with some in Beja.
Additionally, causing material damage and leaving six people homeless.
Most incidents reported today were related to flooding, along with records of road cleaning, tree falls, structural collapses, and landslides.
Various images have also been circulating on social media.
Today, all districts of mainland Portugal were under a yellow weather warning until 6:00 PM, due to the forecast of occasionally heavy showers, accompanied by thunderstorms and hail.
The yellow warning, the least severe on a three-tier scale, is issued whenever there is a risk to certain activities dependent on the weather situation.
