The most relevant occurrences concern flooding, falling trees and structures. Civil Protection explains that This balance, despite covering the Lisbon region, does not include the city itself.
Speaking to Lusa, at 4:30 pm, Paulo Santos highlighted that this balance, despite covering the Lisbon region, does not include the city itself.
According to the ANEPC commander, there are still 15 relevant occurrences in Lezíria do Tejo region and 11 were not Middle Tagus.
The most relevant occurrences concern flooding, falling trees and structures.
Civil Protection warned this Wednesday of the possibility of flooding in urban and flooded areas in the coming days due to forecasts of rain and strong wind, asking the population to adopt preventive measures.
In a warning to the population, the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) states that the weather forecast for the next few days points to “rainfall sometimes heavy”accompanied by thunderstorms, and “increased wind intensity on the coast and in the highlands, with conditions favorable to the occurrence of extreme wind phenomena, especially in the South region”.
In view of these predictions, Civil Protection warns the occurrence of floods in urban areascaused by the accumulation of rainwater due to obstruction of drainage systems or coastal overtopping, as well as flooding, due to the overflow of the bed of some watercourses, rivers and streams.
ANEPC also warns about the instability of slopes, leading to landslides, landslides and others caused by water infiltration (a phenomenon that can be increased by the removal of vegetation cover following rural fires in the summer), slippery road surfaces due to the possible formation of water sheets, as well as the dragging of loose objects onto the roads, or the detachment of mobile structures due to strong wind.
