Analysis
Duarte Costa, climate change expert and SIC commentator, warns that this Thursday wind gusts in the Azores could reach 150 km/h, being comparable to the strength of a hurricane, due to the Therese depression. On SIC Notícias, he criticizes the lack of warnings to the population.
Depression Therese leaves the island of São Miguel this Thursday in a “dangerous” situation. The east zone will have winds of 131km/h. According to the with this data, a red alert should be issued.
The specialist in explains that these gusts “uproot trees and roof tiles”.
Wind speeds will be “systematically above” 130 km/h, already after a “highly destructive” nightthere should be gusts of 150 km/hsimilar to “a hurricane”.
“What concerns me is that we had Kristin depression less than two months ago and I haven’t seen anyone being prepared for this type of scenario,” he says, adding that people “have the right to be informed about the risks.”
The island of Pico will also have “worrying values”.
“Information saves lives and property. We have, once and for all, to have a preventive culture. It’s our lives, our homes, our heritage, that are at stake.”
Still on SIC Notícias, it warns that the weekend will be “quite worrying and dangerous” on the island of Madeira, with 50 liters of water per square meter in a single day.
“It could create a heightened risk of having a very considerable accumulation of rain (…). It could last until Wednesday next week”, he says.
Non-Continent, situation will be “much calmer”. Despite appealing for caution, the expert indicates thatem neither rain nor wind will be “serious problems”.
