A Grande Lisbon is the most affected area From the country, with 123 situations, followed by the metropolitan area of Porto, with 84, and Coimbra, with 75. Most occurrences continue to be associated with falling treealso verifying Fall of structures, mass movement (lands, stones, etc) and Road cleaning.
Continental Portugal registered this Saturday, between 00:00 and 17:00, more than 660 occurrences associated with with main incidence in Greater Lisbon, Porto Metropolitan Area and Coimbra, according to Civil Protection.
According to the accounting of the APPEC, the Grande Lisbon is the most affected area From the country, with 123 situations, followed by the metropolitan area of Porto, with 84, and Coimbra, with 75.
Speaking to Lusa, Anepc indicated that, by typology, most occurrences are still associated with falling treealso verifying Fall of structures, mass movement (lands, stones, etc) and Road cleaning.
These occurrences in mainland Portugal mobilized 2,350 operational civil protection agents, supported by 875 vehicles.
12 continent districts were this Saturday (the second most serious of a three scale) due to the forecast of sea agitation, wind and snowfall, according to the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).
Due to the maritime agitation, the districts of Faro, Setúbal and Beja were under orange warning until 18:00, while Porto, Viana do Castelo, Lisbon, Leiria, Aveiro, Coimbra and Braga maintain the warning until 00:00 on Sunday, according to the IPMA.
The Institute also placed the districts of Lisbon, Leiria, Aveiro and Coimbra under orange warning due to strong winds until 6:00 am today, and Guarda and Castelo Branco under orange warning, until 00:00 Sunday, due to snowfall over 1,200 to 1,400 meters.
Responded circulation on the Douro line between Marco de Canaveses and Mosteiró
The circulation of trains on the Douro line, Between Marco de Canaveses and Mosteirówhich was suspended due to the fall of stones, was Restored at 14:50indicated to the Portuguese source of the infrastructure of Portugal (IP).
“The stones were removed from the site, performed and completed the repair work of the road,” said the source.
IP specified that the circulation of trains, between the Marco de Canaveses and Monastery stations, was restored “with implementation of a speed limitation of 30 kilometers/hour on site”.
Thousands of occurrences on the most intense days
On Friday, between 00:00 and 23:59, Anepc registered 1,038 occurrences in mainland Portugal, which join 235 situations recorded by the Lisbon Firefighters Rules of Sapadores, making a total of over 1,200.
Between Wednesday and Thursdaythe two most intense days regarding the passage of the Martin depression, Anepc accounted for a total of 8,600 occurrences in mainland Portugal.
The passage of strong rain, wind and bustle of strong maritime, caused thousands of occurrences on the Portuguese continent, mostly trees and structures, especially in the early hours of Thursday, when orange meteorological warnings, the second most severe level.
Roads, ports, railways, public spaces, housing, sports equipment, vehicles and energy and water services were affected, especially in the regions of Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Center and South, with a serious injured and close to a dozen minor injuries.
On the night from Wednesday to Thursday, the strong winds helped propagate about half a hundred rural fires in Minhowithout registration of victims or damage to housing, in a time not favorable to fireworks.
