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Trees, schools, roads, homes without light, even football stadiums: very complicated scenario. Numbers “above average”.
Trees and containers on the floor, cut roads, closed schools, homes without light, even spoiled stadiums; Hundreds of occurrences, thousands of phone calls for firefighters. Portugal lived a very complicated night and dawn in various parts of the country, because of the .
O bad weather Originated many problems: “We have the accumulated record since 00:00 of the 19th [quarta-feira] until 07:00 of the day 20 [hoje] 4,214 occurrences, of which 2,314 falls of trees, 1,169 are left structures, 643 cleaning via, 45 mass movements and 38 floods ”, He told Lusa José Miranda of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (Anepc).
Later, an update: 5,800 occurrences, 15 displaced and 13 had to be displacedaccording to the latest balance of civil protection, which recognizes that it is a Number “above average”.
Portugal is under the effect of the depression Martin, which forced Notices As for the wind, rain and sharp maritime agitation.
The electric network of 82 thousand customers of e-edes It was, early in the morning, with great constraintsbeing the districts of Leiria, Coimbra and Viana do Castelo the most affected, said the company of the EDP group. According to the company, the worst situation occurred at 1:00 am, when 185,000 customers were disturbed by power supply. Four schools in Pombal are closed – There is no light.
The bad weather that occurred at night caused problems in the rail circulation on the lines of Cascais, Douro and Beira Alta, the CP – Comboios de Portugal said. There is stopped trains In the lines of Cascais, Douro and Beira Alta: around 08:00 in the morning, the circulation was suspended in the Cascais line, on the Douro line, between Régua and Marco de Canaveses, and on the Beira Alta line, between Guarda and Celorico. Also on the 25 de April bridge the circulation was suspended.
Marginal cut into oeiras, trains cut into Estoril
– Dependents of Cascais (@indepentecsc)
In Zona and Great Lisbon and surroundings were particularly affected. Among the damage, there were also several cut roads, both in the capital and in Seixal.
Martinho Depression caused in Lisbon wounds in 6 people During the night and at least 638 occurrences until 10:00, especially tree falls, the mayor, Carlos Coins, announced.
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Car destroyed by the depression Martinho
Across the country, there were gusts of vento that surpassed the 100 km/h. One came to 158.8 km/h, In Foia (Serra de Monchique), according to the IPMA – Portuguese Institute of Sea and atmosphere.
The strong winds of the dawn ripped the cover of the ship of the municipal pools of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, which are closed indefinitely.
Until stadiums of football were partially destroyed. These images show how the Rio Ave stadium was in Vila do Conde, and the Oliveira do Hospital stadium:
Rio Ave Stadium is anything
– ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ (@Amunakta)
Stadium structure falls due to the wind. More at
– and 24 (@e24_pt)
“Stabilized”
The prime minister said the meteorological situation in Portugal “is very stabilized” and announced that the government is prepared to trigger any necessary means.
“At this moment I believe that The situation is very stabilized, I have no information that there is an aggravation, but naturally we continue to closely follow the evolving of the situation, ”he said Luís Montenegro, At the entrance to a European Council meeting in Brussels, the capital of Belgium and where the main European institutions are located.
The Prime Minister added that the Government is “doing the survey” of the damage recorded, in order to help the “replacement of normality”.
“We will do what we have always done on these occasions, which is to be fast and go to the ground in close collaboration with local authorities, survey the damage and immediately proceed to the help of the populations and affected entities,” he added.
