Heavy rains were effective in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, and other cities in the southeastern region of Portugal earlier today. The flooding flooded the streets, dragged cars and mobilized officials to ask citizens not to leave their homes.
Since midnight, emergency services have registered more than 500 incidents across the country, particularly in Lisbon and the central area of Portalegre. flooded streets, tunnels and train stations???????? Some shops and restaurants were almost flooded.
in Lisbon, bus services suspended???????? The mayor’s office put the city on red alert at around 6:30 am local time, urging people to stay at home and avoid traveling to the capital via the river mouth. tejo.
HE Contingency plan for the Tagus River was put into operation as there was a risk of overflow.
The rains are not over yet. According to the Portuguese Civil Protection, attention should also be focused on the coast, as the storm is predicted to produce waves of three to five metres.
Forecasts are that heavy rains will hit Lisbon and other cities for at least 12 hours.
Civil Protection commander André Fernandes said at a press conference that it “would not be easy” to normalize the situation as the rain had to intensify from 13:00 local time (10:00 GMT).
“Today is a bit of a stay-at-home, work-at-home day, as we did during the pandemic,” Miguel Miranda, head of IPMA in Portugal, told SIC television.
Neighboring Spain was also hit.with the Midwest region extremadura below the second highest emergency level. Heavy rain caused a road to collapse and a group of ten had to be rescued.
*With information from Reuters
source: Noticias
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