The National Commander warned of the possibility of heavy precipitation during the end of today and Friday in the areas of Lisbon, the West, and the Setúbal peninsula, with a risk of rapid flooding.
In the assessment made this Thursday, Civil Protection registered 250 occurrences in the last four hours, warning of the possibility of during the end of the day today and Friday in the areas of Lisbon, the West, and the Setúbal peninsula, with a risk of flash flooding.
“The problem will not be the slow floods that we are experiencing in other areas, but rather the rapid floods with a significant impact on people’s lives, namely through the flooding of garages and parking areas”, explained Mário Silvestre.
So far, according to the National Commander of (ANEPC), are activated 12 plans at district level and 124 municipal onesbeing declared alert situations in 15 municipalities.
The special plan for floods in the Tagus basin remains at the highest level, red. Between February 1st and 12:00, Civil Protection recorded 16,270 occurrences related to storms, com 55,719 operational and 22,701 means of assistance.
At the balance sheet press conference, which took place late this morning, the National Commander of Civil Protection explained that the Last night was a “wake up call”warning that the “safe behavior is the key to overcoming these episodes without major problems”.
Sixteen people died in Portugal following the Kristin, Leonardo and Marta depressionswhich also caused many hundreds of injuries and displacement.
O Government extended the calamity situation until Sunday for 68 municipalities and announced support measures of up to 2.5 billion euros.
With LUSA
