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House destroyed by depression Kristin
Firefighters on their way to the most affected areas, thousands of customers without electricity, special care with water and food.
The depression’s passage through mainland Portugal on Wednesday left a trail of destruction, causing at least five dead, according to Civil Protection, several were injured and displaced. The Câmara da Marinha Grande counts yet another fatality in the municipality.
Falling trees and structures, cutting or conditioning of roads and transport services, especially railway lines, closing schools and power, water and communications cuts were the main material consequences of the storm.
Firemen of a dozen corporations are moving to the most affected regions depression, to help the population, said a civil protection source, noting that during the night only 22 occurrences.
On Thursday, between 00:00 and 23:59, mainland Portugal had recorded 2,050 incidents related to bad weather, with Coimbra, Oeste and Leiria being the most affected regions, said a Civil Protection source.
As for the events recorded last night, Elísio Pereira, from the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC), said that “it was a very calm night.”
While in Pedrógão Grande, the local mayor talks about “another tragedy” in the municipality, there are “quite severe” damage in Porto de Mós, among other cases.
From Sobral de Monte Agraço, a video arrived that looks like a movie: a young man filmed the house being destroyed by the storm. The house was modular, prefabricated.
Em seconds, and in the midst of screams, everything went away: “It was a matter of 10, or 5 seconds. The house simply started to rotate in the air, with me inside”, she reports, on .
Almost 48 hours have passed since the storm’s most intense night, but it is only now that the real extent of the damage is beginning to be seen. In a village of Sobral de Monte Agraço, in the district of Lisbon, a young woman was filming the weather in her room when, suddenly, the house flew.…
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Light, water, food
More than 290 thousand E-Redes customers remained at 6:30 am this Friday which supply of energy in mainland Portugal, following the damage caused by depression Kristin to the electricity grid, on Wednesday.
However, the Directorate-General for Health warned of risks to health safety water and of food following Storm Kristin and power outages, recommending care in consumption, nutrition and sanitation to protect the health of the population.
The Government declared a situation of calamity until next Sunday, for around 60 municipalities – a number that could increase.
