Anomalies in the hydraulic circuits of the Monte Novo dam in Évora, put the infrastructure in Yellow alert. THEThe cables that allow the opening of the floodgates departed for lack of maintenance. It is now impossible for total opening and therefore there is only one background discharge.
The Monte Novo Dam, in Évora, is Full, and that’s good news. But a problem in the grooms does not allow you to discharge safety and put the infrastructure at risk. Authorities have already warned the population to the possibility of floods.
Anomalies in the hydraulic circuits of the Monte Novo dam put the infrastructure in yellow alert. It is the information given by who did not want to make statements.
To which SIC has learned, the cables that allow the opening of the floodgates departed for lack of maintenance. It is now impossible for total opening and therefore there is only one background discharge.
With the rain of the last days, the dam has reached its maximum quota and the technical problem, the Water is already passing over the floods.
The Municipal Civil Protection Service has already launched the alert for the Full possibility, Above all, to the landowners of the land next to the Degebe River, downstream of the dam.
Cattle producers have already taken care of the situation and took the animals to higher areas.
The Municipal Road 534, that passes on the dam wall and connects to the localities of São Vicente de Valongo and Our Lady of Machede, It is now closed to traffic by precaution.
