Loures reports about 56 occurrences and has several roads cut off

O municipality of Loures registered today, until 14:30, 56 occurrences due to bad weather, mainly floods, with several roads cut off and the Ribeira da Póvoa “next to the limit”, Lusa told the agency the mayor.

In statements to Lusa, Ricardo Leão (PS), indicated that the main occurrences in this municipality of the Lisbon district concern floods and falls of trees, although of “small size”.

The mayor said that the National Road 250 (EN250) is cut off in the section between Catujal and Sacavém, due to landslides and also between the Frielas Plant and the highway access roundabout 8 (A8), as well as the National8 (N8) in the Flemish area (Santo António dos Cavaleiros).

“The concern we now have is with the streams that are already in their saturation state and reaching the threshold. Ribeira de Loures is doing well, but Ribeira da Póvoa is already in its state limit ", said Ricardo Leão.

The mayor explained that the Trancão River, where the waters of that area flow, is still able to absorb the flows, but warned of the risk of worsening the situation if the rain remains intense.

However, in statements to Lusa, the president of the Junta de Freguesia da União de Camarate, Unhos e Apelação, Ricardo Alves (PS), reported a situation in a building in the neighborhood of São Francisco (Camarate), where the waters will have flooded the area of the cellars and collections.

The mayor pointed out that so far no housing has been affected and that the problem in that place “is recurrent”, requiring works.

Regarding this situation, the mayor of Loures explained that the flood problems in the neighborhood of San Francisco “are related to the flow of water from the runway of Humberto Delgado Airport, located near that undertaking.

Ricardo Leão said that the House of Loures is finalizing a project to launch the contest for the construction of “a large retention basin”, a solution that, according to the mayor, should not solve the problem completely, but will minimize it.

Continental Portugal is now on alert until 11:59 p.m. due to the depression Charles, which caused about 200 occurrences of Madeira last night, mainly floods, falls from trees and collapses.

The government decided to close non-essential schools and public services in all districts, and more than three hundred flights were cancelled in Lisbon, Faro, Madeira and Porto.

According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), which issued several red warnings due to rain and wind, depression changed its characteristics and on its way to the continent, this morning, there is a reduction in the intensity of wind and gusts. There's still a lot of rain ahead.

During the night the 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.