MIGUEL A. LOPES/LUSA
Part of the roof of the Santa Apolónia train station was ripped off by the wind, falling on several vehicles in Lisbon.
The depression brought intense rain and strong winds and left around 20,000 people without electricity in the early hours of Thursday. Red alert in Setúbal and Santarém, another 15 districts in orange warning.
This morning’s bad weather left around 20 thousand people without electricity in the areas of Lisbon, Santarém and Setúbal, this being the most affected district, according to E-REDES.
At 8:30 am this Thursday, around 16,000 people were still without electricity in Lisbon, Santarém and Setúbal, a district where, at 8:00 am, around eight thousand people were without power.
E-REDES guarantees that its teams are “under permanent surveillance and mobilized on the ground” to quickly resolve the situation.
On Sunday, several areas of mainland Portugal will face a new “blackout” — this time, not unexpected, but programmed by E-REDES, it announced in its website.
The “temporary interruption” scheduled for November 16th is planned for the municipalities of Coimbra, Lisbon, Loulé and Sintra. The cuts will take place during the night and morning.
- Coimbra: the interruption covers the Union of Parishes of Sé Nova, Santa Cruz, Almedina and São Bartolomeu, between 8:00 am and 11:30 am.
- Algarve: the parish of Quarteira (municipality of Loulé) will have outages between 06:00 and 11:00 on several central streets.
- Lisboa: The interventions will take place in Campolide, Lumiar and Marvila, with cuts scheduled between 5:00 am and 11:00 am.
- Sintra: the Union of Parishes of São João das Lampas and Terrugem will be affected between 05:00 and 11:00.
The company reinforces that the work will be carried out in a controlled manner and with the aim of reducing the impact on consumers to a minimum.
Claudia leaves Setúbal in red
The National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) recorded 86 incidents between 00:00 and 06:00 today related to heavy rain due to Claudia depressionespecially floods.
The most affected regions were Greater Lisbon, the Setúbal Peninsula and the West. Only in Setúbal, a district that is under red warning (the most serious) Due to heavy rain, 43 incidents were recorded. Santarém, until 10 am is also under red alert.
Source from the Sub-Regional Command of the Setúbal Peninsula indicated that the The most affected municipalities are Seixal, Barreiro, Moita, Montijo and Alcochete.
In Lisbon, part of Santa Apolónia’s roof was torn off by the wind, causing damage to vehicles parked near the station.
They are at the moment 16 the districts of the continental territory under orange warning.
In the districts of Viseu, Porto, Guarda, Santarém, Viana do Castelo, Lisbon, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Aveiro, Coimbra and Braga, the orange warning will be in force until 9:00 am. The orange signal for Évora, Setúbal, Beja and Portalegre lasts until 12:00 and in Faro the orange warning lasts until 15:00.
O IPMA predicts, for the next few days, a worsening of the weather in mainland Portugal due to the Cláudia depression with persistent, sometimes heavy precipitation, wind and sea agitation, with gusts that can reach the 110 km/h.
