The number of people without electricity has almost tripled (some have been like this for 12 days)

Across the continental territory, on Saturday night, a total of 167,000 customers were without electricity. In the morning of the same day there were “only” 63 thousand.

The Marta depression worsened the energy supply situation in Portugal, leaving more than 100 thousand people without electricity throughout yesterday alone. To these, join the 63 thousand who were already in this condition, on Saturday morning.

In other words, according to E-REDES, in total, there are 167 thousand customers without electricity.

The most affected are customers in the area affected by Depression Kristin (which knocked down a hundred electricity poles last week). In this area, there were 56 thousand customers without electricity at the beginning of the day. But at 7:30 pm, with the Marta depression, the number of customers without electricity was 124 thousand in the Kristin depression area (mostly districts of Leiria, Santarém, Castelo Branco and Coimbra).

The was reported in the municipality of Anise (Leiria district), where people are no electricity for 12 days.

“I’ve been playing dominoes. Sometimes I win, other times I lose. It’s life,” he said. Manuel12 years old. At opposite poles of existence, complain Fernando Lopes (apparently a caregiver) who “without light or oxygen does not survive”.

Fourteen people died in Portugal since last week following the passage of depressions Kristin, Leonardo and Marta, which also caused many hundreds of injured and displaced.

The total or partial destruction of homes, businesses and equipment, the fall of trees and structures, the closure of roads, schools and transport services, and the cut of energy, water and communications, floods and floods are the main material consequences of the storm.

The regions Centre, Lisbon and Tagus Valley and Alentejo are the most affected.

The Government extended the calamity situation until the 15th for 68 municipalities and announced support measures of up to 2.5 billion euros.