Portugal has been under the effect of Herminia depression with rain, wind and strong maritime agitation, according to the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere.
“Between 00:00 and 07:00 we had 48 occurrences, most trees, flooding and cleaning motivated by rain and wind,” José Rodrigues, José Rodrigues of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority.
According to José Rodrigues, the most affected regions were Aveiro (nine incidents) and west (six), and the remaining distributed by the rest of the continent.
“In the events, 170 operational, with the support of 69 terrestrial media, “he said.
Several districts under red warning
Due to bad weather, the IPMA put the districts of Porto, Viana do Castelo, Lisbon, Leiria, Aveiro, Coimbra and Braga until 12:00 on Tuesday under predicting waves of northwestern waves with 07 to 08 meters significant height, and may reach 14 meters, and will be again on Wednesday and Thursday.
The IPMA also issued a red warning because of the state of the sea for the districts of Faro, Setúbal and Beja between 03:00 and 06:00 on Thursday.
Rain and wind warnings were also issued for Wednesday and Thursday.
The institute foresees from the dawn of Wednesday strong precipitation in the north and center and gusts of wind between 80 and 100 kilometers per hour on the west coast and tall lands and maritime agitation due to the passage of Ivo depression.
