The mayor of Ribeira Grande said that the night was characterized by “strong wind from 4:00 am” and “little rain” He confirmed that no incidents were recorded in the Maritime Zone of the county (32,698 inhabitants).
The passage of It did not cause “greater occurrences” in the oriental group of the Azores, with the night ending up being “quiet” on the islands of São Miguel and Santa Maria, according to local authorities.
“Fortunately, it turned out to be a very quiet night, without any major occurrence, taking normal service,” the president of the Humanitarian Association of Volunteer Firefighters in Ponta Delgada told Lusa.
According to João Paulo Medeiros, the firefighters were in “ready”, but were not called for any occurrence in Ponta Delgada (which has a population of about 68,000 inhabitants) and Lagoa (14,819 inhabitants).
“Before preventing than remedy, as the people say, but in this case, despite the readiness and the means made available from midnight, it was not necessary to trigger the firefighters for any occurrence in the municipalities of Ponta Delgada and Lagoa,” he said.
Also the mayor of Ribeira Grande said that the night was characterized by “strong wind from 4:00 am” and “little rain” He confirmed that no incidents were recorded in the Maritime Zone of the county (32,698 inhabitants).
“From 07:00, the municipal service was contacted with some situations reported by the Regional Civil Protection Service, namely the obstruction of roads and falling trees on public roads, but no great concern,” he added.
Alexandre Gaudêncio, who also chairs the Association of Municipalities of the Azores, described the situation as a “winter day”.
“We will keep alert. We have the services completely available to work on the ground,” he said.
The mayor also said that the House was contacted by “many people” due to the situation of schools, which remained open in São Miguel and Santa Maria unlike the other seven islands.
“We had a lot of people questioning the opening or closing of schools. It is a competence that goes be over. [de Proteção Civil]”He pointed out.
Regarding Santa Maria, the East Group Island with about 5,600 inhabitants, the Vila de Porto Volunteer Fire Commander advanced to Lusa that no occurrences were registered, in the context of relief to the population.
“If there is storm, we only know for the news,” said Élio Rodrigues, adding that the winds on the island prowled the 60 kilometers per hour and there was no rain above normal.
The mayor of Vila do Porto, Barbara Chaves, said that none of the prevention services was triggered in Santa Maria, confirming that there were no occurrence of Gabrielle’s passage through the island.
