The catastrophe scenario extends to at least another 22 municipalities, which have already made their preliminary calculations. The newspaper Expresso gathered these estimates and revealed that the Losses could be around one billion euros across the country.
The damage caused by the storms in Torres Vedras is expected to exceed 30 million euros. This estimate has worried the city hall, which is asking for more support from the Government to face the damage. At least 22 municipalities have already made their first calculations and the situation is equally serious in several other locations.
The cleaning work hasn’t stopped for more than two weeks. The Sizandro River invaded the Vinícola Cooperativa de Dois Portos and caused thousands of euros in losses.
“All the wine that was already packed in boxes and boxes will have to be replaced, because it is contaminated. (…) In the equipment, we have to wait for it to dry and then see if it works”, he explained Luís Fernandes, winery administrator.
Throughout the parish, many roads remain inaccessible and paths are damaged. It has not yet been possible to make a full assessment of the damage, as new incidents arise every day.
“We still can’t go on all the local roads. Every day, there is a farmer who says ‘my path is also destroyed’, even on foot, sometimes, we can’t get through there”, said Telma Mota, president of the Dois Portos Parish Council, who warns that one year will not be enough to recover everything that was destroyed.
In Torres Vedras, the sum of the losses already exceeds 30 million euros.
“The municipal budget is around 115 million, but it is obviously completely affected by certain current costs that municipalities have. It is unthinkable that a municipal council can support an investment of this nature, when it appears in such an unexpected way”, stated Sérgio Galvão, president of Torres Vedras Municipal Council.
The catastrophe scenario extends to at least another 22 municipalities, which have already made their preliminary calculations. The newspaper Expresso gathered these estimates and revealed that the Losses could be around one billion euros across the country.
With limited municipal budgets, local authorities they do not have the capacity to bear the full costs of recovery.
Restoring affected territories could take years. Therefore, local authorities ask for more financial support from the Governmentas well as a reduction in bureaucracy to speed up the resolution of damage, which left around a thousand people homeless and several locations isolated.
