Mário Silvestre went to Brussels on January 26th, during the Joseph Depression. THE president of the organization gave authorization to the national commander to leave.
The National Civil Protection Commander was absent from the country for three days, for training in Brussels, during Depression Joseph and just before Storm Kristin.
Mário Silvestre went to Brussels on January 26th, during the Joseph Depression, reveals the . A source from the National Civil Protection Authority confirmed to the magazine that the president of the organization gave authorization to the national commander to leave.
“The trip was authorized by the president of ANEPC, since, at the date of departure, there was no information regarding the Kristin depression, of which we were only formally informed on January 26th, at 9:30 pm, with confirmation on January 27th”, explained an official source cited by Sábado.
He returned to Portugal on January 28th and resumed duties after Storm Kristin have left a trail of destruction.
Remember, however, that since the previous week, climatologists had been warning of a sequence of storms with the possibility of the formation of a deep depression.
