Miguel A. Lopes / Lusa
The National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority warned of preventive measures until Friday due to the worsening of the weather on the continent, with strong wind, rain, snow and waves that can reach 11 meters.
15 districts of mainland Portugal are under warnings due to the forecast of strong wind, snowfall, sea turmoil.
According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), the districts of Lisbon and Leiria will be under orange warning between 9am and 3pm due to the forecast of strong wind on the coastal strip and in the mountains with gusts of around 90 kilometers per hour.
Because of the strong wind, IPMA also placed the districts of Porto, Faro, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo, Beja, Aveiro, Coimbra and Braga with yellow warning until the end of the day.
The Institute also issued orange warning for the districts of Guarda, Castelo Branco, Bragança, Viseu, Porto, Vila Real, Viana do Castelo, Coimbra and Braga until the afternoon due to snowfall.
Sob orange warning there will also be the districts of Faro, Lisbon, Leiria, Beja and Coimbra due to maritime unrest strong until 9 pm, then turning yellow, with forecast waves from the northwest of 5 to 6 meters, reaching a maximum height of 11 meters.
The north coast of the island of Madeira and Porto Santo are in yellow until 12pm due to sea agitation, with forecast waves from the northwest of 4 to 4.5 meters.
The orange warning is issued by IPMA whenever there is a “moderate to high risk meteorological situation, and yellow when there is a risk situation for certain activities depending on the meteorological situation.
Attention to the most vulnerable territories
On Thursday, the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) warned of preventive measures until Friday due to the worsening of the weather on the continent, with strong wind, rain, snow and waves that can reach 11 meters.
ANEPC realized that the most serious meteorological situation is expected mainly in most vulnerable territories affected by the Kristin depression, the West, Leiria and Coimbra regions.
Remembering that the possible impact of these effects can be minimized through preventive measures and appropriate behavior, Civil Protection calls on activities near watercourses and crossing flooded areas are avoided, and animals, equipment, vehicles and other goods are removed from normally flooded areas to safe locations.
The notice also advises populations to ensure adequate fixation of loose structures, such as scaffolding, billboards and other suspended structures, and to take special care when traveling and staying near wooded areas, due to the possibility of falling branches and trees due to strong wind.
A dead man from Figueira da Foz
One man died and another was seriously injured after falling from the roof from the company Cofisa, in Figueira da Foz, while they were repairing the roof.
The fatal victim, aged 56, and the seriously injured, aged 50, “were from an outsourced company that did repair work on one of the roofs of the company’s hangars”, damaged after the last stormsthe commander of the port of Figueira da Foz told the Lusa agency today, Paulo Salvado Pires.
