Paulo Novais/Lusa
Ivo depression reaches country in force. There are now 10 districts under red warning, the most serious, with ripples up to 15 meters and gusts up to 100 km/h. There is more rain and strong wind and snow.
A IVO depression reached mainland Portugal with everything this Wednesday. The Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere () raised from seven to 10 districts under red warning, the most serious, And also issued orange and yellow warnings to various districts of the continent because of the rain, strong wind and snowfall.
The districts of Porto, Faro, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo, Lisbon, Leiria, Beja, Aveiro, Coimbra and Braga will be under Red Warning From 18:00 this Wednesday until 06:00 on Thursday, then the orange until 15:00 on Thursday because of the ripple.
Bad weather has caused damage all over the country in recent days.
This Wednesday, Matosinhos It is suffering: a school has been evacuated due to the fall of plates caused by heavy rain and strong wind that were felt in the great port.
A Gonçalves Zarco Secondary School was evacuated. There are no victims, but since the school is surrounded by trees, it was decided to evacuate the educational establishment as a precaution.
Still in Matosinhos, around 8:20 am, a tree fell on the Metro line, next to Pedro Hispano station, forcing the interruption of circulation until about 08:40 am. In this county, there are also flooding, namely the public road, and the fall of tiles on parked vehicles. In the municipality of Porto, in addition to flooding, there was a roof drop on Silva Porto Street, causing damage to a parked car.
But one of the scariest moments was recorded in Figueira da Fozwhere part of the beach bar floor “Jet 7.5 Food & Drinks” lifted, with one of the employees to record the moment in panic, surprisingly causing few damage.
Na Bird Village There were also scary moments in the Pavilion of the Sports Club of Aves, whose facade was raised by the wind. The club has launched a fundraising on social networks so that training can resume.
Near the birds, the fall of a tree prevented the rail circulation between Santo Tirso and Guimarães on Wednesday.
Bustle
The IPMA foresees northwest waves with seven to eight meters, which may reach 15 meters maximum.
Because of the IPMA forecast, the National Maritime Authority (AMN) warned of the aggravation of the sea state in mainland Portugal until 00:00 on Friday.
The sea bars of Aveiro, Caminha, Douro, Esposende, Figueira da Foz, Vila Praia de Âncora, Varzim Póvoa, Vila do Conde, Ericeira, Health Portuguese Navy.
Viana do Castelo and Leixões are closed to vessels of less than 30 and 24 meters, respectively.
Rain and gusts up to 100 kilometers per hour
The IPMA also issued orange warning to the districts of Porto, Viana do Castelo, Lisbon, Leiria, Coimbra and Braga due to strong wind forecast With gusts up to 100 kilometers per hour until 09:00 this Wednesday, then yellow.
Bragança, Viseu, Guarda, Faro, Vila Real, Setúbal, Beja, Castelo Branco and Aveiro are also under yellow warning until Thursday because of the strong wind.
The IPMA also put under yellow warning the districts of Bragança, Viseu, Porto, Guarda, Castelo Branco, Vila Real, Viana do Castelo, Aveiro, Coimbra and Braga due to rain.
Snow leaves 6 districts under warning
Guarda, Bragança, Vila Real, Viana do Castelo, Braga and Castelo Branco are also under yellow warning due to the forecast of snowfall above 1,000/1,200 meters between 18:00 today and 00:00 Thursday.
The north coast of Madeira Island and Porto Santo will be under yellow warning between 6:00 am and 15:00 on Thursday due to the strong sea bustle.
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.
There is good news
The rains of the last days brought, on the other hand, good news to the residents of the continent, where the Water storage increased 5.5% In a week and generally water availability are above average, except for the Mondego basin and southern basins.
In late January, according to the bulletin on the reservoirs released by the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), with data from Monday, watershed was higher than the January average storage (from 1990/91 to 2023/24 ) Except for the Mondego basins (but almost average), Sado, Mira, Arade and Ribeiras do Sell.
In terms of total stored volume, with the rains of the last days the 77% capacity was reached on the continentan increase of 5.5%, corresponding to another 725 hm3 (cubic hectimeters) between January 23 and 27.
In 77 monitored reservoirs 39 have a volume percentage stored between 81 and 100% and 22 are 61 and 80%. Five reservoirs are 100% or more and several others are close to 100%.
There are 13 reservoirs whose storage ranges from 21 to 60%and there are three less than 20%of the capacity: Arade, Algarve, 17%, bravery, Algarve, to 14%, and Monte da Rocha, in Alentejo, to 13%.
Last week, the least water basins increased storage but in low percentages, such as Ribeiras do Barlavento (0.94%), Mira (2.6) and Arade (2.4%).
In general terms in the north and center most basins have a storage higher than average. The bird basin, for example, is 97.2% when the average at this time is 73.6%. The Tagus Basin exceeded 80%, when the average surrounds the 74%. It had a 12% rise in the last week and already has albids in 100%.
Already in the zone of the Algarvio and Low Alentejo Well the situation is quite different. The Mira Basin is 39%(average is 74.7%) and Well at 14.2%, to an average of 70%. In the levent zone the situation is better, with water storage higher than average in the beliche and odeleite reservoirs.
