Os cleaning work are still to last and as accounts for losses far from being closed, in Portalegre. More than 50 cars swept away by the torrent have all been removed, but still there are many traces of lama mantle that swept the avenue.
In Portalegre, accounts are still being taken of the losses caused by of Thursday. One family was displaced, but no one was injured.
Os cleaning work are still to last and as accounts for losses far from being closed, especially for those who lost the house where he lived.
“It’s not easy, we have no electricity and now we can’t turn it on so quickly because of the sockets. I lived with my daughter and my wife.”
William, wife and 10 year old daughter were displaced and They don’t know when they will be able to return home.
“There was the washing machine and the dryer here, the chest (…). The garage door was on top of the car. It’s damaged, but it works.”
More than 50 cars swept away by the torrent have all been removed, but still there are many traces of lama mantle that swept the avenue.
“A lot remains to be done, such as cleaning operations. We continue to drain water from backyards, help people with backyards with mud and destroyed furniture, unclog sewage tanks, clean the entrances to buildings, divert water. We are working on several fronts”, he says Fermelinda Carvalho, president of Portalegre City Council.
A intense rain on water-saturated soils caused a collapse in the Serra de São Mamede viewpoint area and down the slope came a torrent of mud, rocks and tree branches, who left a trail of destruction behindover a kilometer towards the center of Portalegre.
