According to an IPMA statement, the orange warning will be active in Bragança, Évora, Guarda, Faro, Beja, Castelo Branco and Portalegre until 18:00 Sunday, due to “Persistence of very high values of maximum temperature”.
According to an IPMA statement, the orange warning will be active in Bragança, Évora, Guarda, Faro, Beja, Castelo Branco and Portalegre until 18:00 Sunday, due to “Persistence of very high values of maximum temperature”.
Em Vila Real and Viseu, the orange warning is in force until 00:00 on Saturdaythen lowering yellow, the least severe of a scale of three. Also under yellow warning due to the heat are until 18:00 this Friday the districts of Leiria and Coimbra, while Santarém lasts until 6:00 pm on Saturday and in Setúbal until 18:00 on Sunday.
IPMA – red, orange and yellow warnings are issued when there is a weather situation, which can be evaluated as high, moderate or reduced risk.
Prolonged alert situation until Sunday
Portugal has been in warning due to the risk of fire since August 2 and, in recent weeks, have triggered several fires in the north and center of the country that have already consumed more than half of the approximately 75,000 hectares of burned area this year.
“Given the adversity of 22 consecutive days of intense heat not giving signs to slow down, the government will extend once again the warning situation by Sunday,” the minister announced in statements to journalists.
Maria Lúcia Amaral stressed that maintain all the restrictions and prohibitions imposed by the aggravated risk alert situation.
