The warning situation in mainland Portugal due to the foreseeable worsening of the state of time will take place between 12 a.m. and 11.59 p.m. on Wednesday, the government needed today.
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10/11/2026
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A the situation of alert in mainland Portugal due to the foreseeable worsening of the state of time will take place between 00:00 and 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, today the government needed.
In a statement, the Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI) reiterates that schools and other non-essential public establishments and services will be closed, and the “open air events, regardless of their nature” will also be suspended.
The circulation and permanence in “parks, gardens, forests, forests and other wooded areas” will also be prohibited, such as on the seashore and in riverside areas or susceptible to flooding.
The alert statement also implies that “security measures for temporary structures or elements susceptible to detachment” are adopted, such as scaffolding, advertising structures, placards, covers and awnings.
Today, the Minister of Internal Administration, Luís Neves, also called for telework and for people to remain at home, at a press conference at the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC), in Carnaxide, Oeiras.
The alert statement covers all districts of the continent.
According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere, it is planned for Wednesday “the occurrence of periods of heavy rain or showers, accompanied by strong wind, with gusts that can reach 120 km/h and, in case of formation of the phenomenon ‘sting jet’, exceed 150 km/h”.
The ‘sting jet’ is a rare weather phenomenon, which has already occurred during storm Kristin earlier this year, and which consists of an air current that quickly descends into an extratropical depression and can reach the surface with great intensity.
The scenario has “potential to cause [...] floods, falls from trees and infrastructure and disturbances in the energy and communications networks,” the MAI warns.
At the operational level, the alert status statement implies an increase in the readiness of PSP and GNR, fire departments, medical and social emergency teams and response teams of telecommunications operators and energy distribution.