Amateur, Cascais and Sintra with hundreds of occurrences, without damage

Othe municipalities of Amadora, Cascais and Sintra registered hundreds of occurrences, mainly due to floods and falls of trees or structures, but without record of personal damage, advanced to Lusa official sources of the three municipalities.

In Sintra, according to the source of the municipality, from 00:00 until 14:45, there were 201 occurrences in the municipality, especially 52 small floods and 52 road cleanings and danger signs, and five falls of trees.

In addition to the transport of a resident, “in the beginning of labor”, the Municipal Civil Protection also reported four discharges, two recognitions and surveillance of risk situations, two road collisions, a water search and rescue and an animal rescue, in the Union of Freguesias do Cacém and São Marcos.

The same source added that the parish of Algueirão-Mem Martins registered the highest number of occurrences, with 39, followed by the union of parishes of Sintra (29) and the parish of Queluz (26).

Despite the high number of occurrences reported, there is no record of personal damage.

On the page of the municipality on social networks, the president of the municipality, Marco Almeida (PSD), reported that in the field “the professionals of the city council, Municipal Police, SMAS [ Municipalized Services of Water and Sanitation] are mobilized, together with parishes, security forces and firefighters”.

In addition to the closure of municipal services, the municipality determined the closure of the forest perimeter of the Sintra mountains, as well as of municipal equipment and parks, and the company Parques de Sintra-Monte da Lua closed all its parks and monuments today following the government's alert statement.

In the neighboring municipality of Cascais, the official source of the municipality told Lusa that, according to data from the Municipal Civil Protection, there were since the night of Tuesday 93 occurrences, most due to floods, namely roads that usually flood in situations of greater precipitation.

On the city page, on social networks, the mayor, Nuno Piteira Lopes (PSD), advanced that the Municipal Civil Protection Commission met this morning, to “a situation point of weather forecasts and make the adaptation to the already defined operational plans”.

“ During today, stay at home, protect yourself and do not take any risk”, reiterated the mayor.

The mayor also assured that the firemen, the Cascais Waters and the Cascais Proxima municipal company remain positioned, “in places that usually have some tradition in what is the impact in this type of situations”.

In the municipality of Amadora, official source revealed to Lusa that, between 22:00 Monday and 12:00 today, there were 50 occurrences, according to data from firefighters, PSP, municipal services, parishes and night guards together.

As a result of the Bruna and Charles depressions, 24 floods and infiltrations were reported, 13 falls of structural elements/trees, four damage to urban furniture, three structures at risk of falling, two track wrecks, two damage to networks and two mass movements in slope.

The same source from the office of the mayor, Vítor Ferreira (PS), added that three vehicles were accounted for with damaged on private property (inhabitations/business spaces) and public space (urban housing), with undeclared damage.

Under the previous intervention plan for adverse weather conditions, 26.883 SMS were also issued by the warning and warning system.

On the city’s website, on social networks, it is reported that, in view of adverse weather conditions, the city council “enhanced reception and support responses to homeless people, ensuring protection, food and safety conditions”.

In Espaço Unpar, on Tuesday night, 43 people were welcomed and food support reinforced, opening again today with extended hours, and the Metro Amadora station This was also available for overnight stay, and is again accessible.

Continental Portugal is now in a state of alert until 11:59 p.m. due to the passage of depression Charles, and during the night, Greater Lisbon and the Setúbal Peninsula were the most affected areas, especially with floods, but the Faro district is the only one that keeps red warnings for both rain and wind.