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Firefighters in Lisbon recorded Thursday between 14:00 and 17:00, 43 floods in the capital, 31 on public roads and 12 in private spaces, said the observer to the chief of observers, Jose Rocha, of the regiment. Lisbon.
The worst situations were between 14 and 17 hours in the tunnels of Avenida de Berlin and Campo Pequeno, but both are already cleared and open to traffic, "said the boss at the Observer.
He also said that the operation had 66 operational and 11 vehicles who operated in the more exposed flooded areas and who no casualties have been recorded during this afternoon. "The situation was more complicated in the Spanish square and at the intersection of US Avenue and Gago Coutinho," he added.
José Rocha expects that "from 18:00, the weather conditions improve as expected", but in the meantime prevents "take care of traffic".
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) launched a yellow alert on Thursday due to persistent and sometimes heavy rainfall forecasts in 16 districts of mainland Portugal: Viana do Castelo, Braga, Porto, Vila Real, Bragança, Guarda, Coimbra, Viseu, Aveiro, Castelo Branco, Leiria, Portalegre, Santarém, Lisbon, Setúbal and Évora.
The IPMA also placed a yellow warning on the entire Portuguese coast due to the strong buoyancy until Thursday afternoon, forecasting waves coming from the west from 04 to 05 meters.
The yellow warning, the third of the scale, reveals a risk situation for certain activities depending on the weather.
Due to the turmoil of the sea, nine bars are closed this Thursday on all shipments and three more are packaged.
According to the National Maritime Authority, the bars of Caminha, Vila Praia de Ancora, Esposende, Póvoa do Varzim, Vila do Conde, Douro, S. Martinho de Porto and Puerto Rico. Ericeira on the mainland, as well as the bar of Lajes do Pico, Azores
The bars of Aveiro and Figueira da Foz are closed only for boats with a length of 15 and 35 meters respectively.
According to the Navy, the Viana do Castelo bar is conditioned to vessels less than 12 meters in length.
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