The Lisbon Civil Protection Service reported that out of all the incidents logged, “nine were still active” at that time.
Margarida Castro Martins, the director of Lisbon’s Civil Protection, confirmed that there have been no reports of casualties related to weather-related incidents.
The region of Lisbon, along with the entirety of mainland Portugal, was under a yellow weather warning—indicating the least severe level of three tiers—starting from 6 a.m. Tuesday due to strong rain and thunderstorm alerts. This advisory, issued by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA), was later raised to an orange warning—the second highest of the scale—from 3:41 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
Lisbon’s Municipal Civil Protection Service kept a close watch on the evolving weather situation. Notably, the highest recorded rainfall in Lisbon was measured at Tapada da Ajuda station, reaching 16.2 millimeters per hour at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
Additional data accessed indicated that precipitation levels at this Lisbon station surpassed 10 mm/h at both 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
Regarding the total of 229 occurrences in the city, recorded by the Municipal Civil Protection Service, Firefighters Regiment, and Municipal Police, 185 instances involved flooding, with 103 occurring in private spaces.
Moreover, there were 18 cases of fallen trees, 18 road accidents, along with five instances of fallen structures, and three cases of fallen claddings, according to Civil Protection.
As of the 9 a.m. report today, covering data since 6 a.m. Tuesday, the Lisbon parishes most affected by the meteorological event based on occurrences logged include Avenidas Novas (28), Lumiar (27), Penha de França (18), Arroios (14), and Estrela (14).
The previous update by 10 p.m. Tuesday cited 174 incidents in Lisbon, noting an increase from 147 incidents reported by 5:45 p.m.
The initial report from the Lisbon Municipal Civil Protection Service accounted for 66 occurrences between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday, with a note that the Campo Pequeno tunnel was closed to traffic at 3:30 p.m. due to flooding, a situation resolved by 6:15 p.m. when road traffic resumed.
