The Gabrielle Post Tropical Storm is moving away from the archipelago and heading to the continent, to where predictions point to a worsening meteorological conditions from Saturday.
“The Regional Service of Civil Protection and Firefighters of the Azores (SRPCBA) informs that 255 occurrences, without injuries or personal damage to be recorded,” mostly “related to the fall of trees, collapse of structures and damage to roof”, read in the statement.
Civil Protection also specified that 16 people were resolved on the Terceira, São Jorge, Pico, Faial and Graciosa islands.
In an assessment of the situation, “Not present moment”SRPCBA considers that it is not justified to maintain “Special measures for the technical and operational coordination of the means and entities involved”, The Regional Emergency and Civil Protection Plan of the Azores is deactivated, with effects since 17:00 (18:00 from Lisbon).
The order issued by the president of the Government of the Azores, who determined the closure of all public services and bodies located on the islands of the Western (Flores and Corvo) and Central (Pico, Faial, Graciosa, Terceira and São Jorge), islands and Central Groups), “ceases, as the order itself determines, its validity at 18:00”, adds.
Gabrielle began to reach the Azores at 22:00 local (23:00 in Lisbon) Thursday.
O most critical period occurred between 03:00 and 09:00 local (Another hour in Lisbon), with higher incidence in the Graciosa, Faial and Third Islands.
Authorities predicted that the storm Gabrielle arrived at the Azores as category 1 hurricane -on a maximum scale of 5 – But as it approached the islands, it moved to post-tropical depression.
