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All districts of the continent under warning until Tuesday. Eight districts with red warning, the most severe, issued in cases of extreme risk. Situation is aggravated from the noon of this Monday.
All districts of the continent are this Monday and Tuesday under notices because of the rain and strong windeight of which the red because of the sea agitation.
THE EFFECTS OF Herminia depressionaccording to the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), have already triggered damage at dawn, and will bring more bad time, especially from the noon of Monday.
8 districts with red warning, the most serious
The districts of Porto, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo, Lisbon, Leiria, Aveiro, Coimbra e Braga will be under orange warning to noon, then red warning, the most serious (emitted by the IPMA in cases of extreme risk weather situation), until 09:00 on Tuesday, because of the maritime agitation, predicting northwest waves with 7 to 8 meters high, which can reach 14 meters.
These districts will pass the orange again between 09:00 and 21:00 on Tuesday.
Because of the ripple, the IPMA placed the orange the districts of Faro and Beja until 21:00 on Tuesday, then yellow until 18:00 on Wednesday.
Thunder, snow and strong wind
The IPMA also issued yellow warning to the districts of Santarém, Lisbon and Portalegre until 09:00 due to rain, sometimes strongand can be accompanied by thunderous.
Also because of the rain, Évora and Beja are under yellow warning until 12:00 this Monday and Faro and Setúbal until 15:00.
The Institute issued Yellow warning because of the strong wind For the districts of Santarém, Lisbon and Portalegre until 18:00 this Monday, to Évora until 12:00 this Monday, Bragança, Viseu, Guarda, Vila Real, Castelo Branco, Aveiro and Coimbra until 21:00 Today and to Porto, Faro, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo, Leiria, Beja and Braga until 09:00 on Tuesday.
The districts of Bragança, Viseu, Guarda, Vila Real, Viana do Castelo, Braga and Castelo Branco are also under yellow warning between 18:00 this Monday and 12:00 on Tuesday due to snowfall over 700 meters.
Yellow Warning in Madeira
Also the north coast of Madeira Island and Porto Santo are under yellow warning Because of the sea agitation until 18:00 on Tuesday.
The strong wave led to the emission of yellow warnings in the central group (Graciosa, Terceira, Faial, Pico and São Jorge) from the Azores until 12:00 (13:00 in Lisbon).
Red warning is issued by IPMA in cases of extreme risk meteorological situation. Orange warning indicates a moderate to high risk meteorological situation and yellow risk for certain activities dependent on the meteorological situation.
64 Occurrences at night
During the weekend, “the most affected region was the Centro Norte coast with emphasis on the districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga, Porto, Aveiro and Viseu. Regarding the watersheds we appealed to special attention to those of Douro, Vouga and Mondego, Águeda and Coimbra. We warned the population that resides there for usual care in case of submerging roads, ”said Paulo Santos of the National Emergency Authority and Civil Protection (Anepc).
Only tonight, between midnight and 7 am this Monday morning, Civil Protection recorded 64 occurrences due to rain and wind strong, most tree falls, but without causing victims.
As for RoadsPaulo Santos said it is a situation that is being managed by municipal civil protection services.
“I can’t realize the obstructed pathways since local civil protection services deal with the situation. When there is a tree fall, the road is cut to its removal and then reopened. It’s an accounting that is not cleared by the minute, ”he said.
