Bad weather conditions A1. There's a dead track and a closed access

A traffic on Highway 1 (A1), which connects Lisbon to Porto, is conditioned since 15:00 in the north/south direction, in the town of Vialonga, Lisbon district, with the left road cut due to bad weather, revealed the GNR.

In addition to this conditioning, “the branch of access to the exterior (Azambuja/EN3) in the A1”, at kilometre (km) 31, in the direction Lisbon-Porto, next to the node of Carrado, in Alenquer, in the district of Lisbon, informed the Brisa Concession Road in a statement sent at 15:10.

At a situation of around 3:00 p.m. with regard to roads prohibited and conditioned to road traffic as a result of the passage of depression Charles, the Republican National Guard (GNR) indicated that in addition to A1, it registered conditioning on two national roads (EN), in particular in EN 246-1, in the district of Portalegre, with traffic cut in both directions, near the locality of São Salvador of Aramenha, in the municipality of Marvão.

The other conditioned road, according to GNR, is EN251, in the district of Santarém, at km 53,700, with alternating circulation, next to the town of Couço, in the county of Coruche.

According to Portugal's Infrastructures (IP), at a situation point at 2:00 p.m., eight roads were conditioned due to bad weather, namely the main route IP7, also known as the North-South Axis, in the access to Avenida de Ceuta, in Lisbon, EN6 in Oeiras and EN1 in Vila Franca de Xira.

Other roads affected are N10-1 in Seixal and EN378 in access to the Pesca Port of Sesimbra, both in Setúbal district, EN338 in Seia and EN338-1 in Manteigas-Guarda, in Guarda district, and EN246-1 in Marvão, in Portalegre district, reported IP.

Following the adverse weather conditions associated with the passage of depression Charles, GNR is constantly monitoring the evolution of the situation by strengthening patrolling and road surveillance, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable areas, with the identification of risk situations, obstacle signs, road traffic conditioning and population support.

In this regard, the GNR recommends to the population the adoption of preventive measures, including avoiding unnecessary displacements, reducing speed and increasing the safety distance between vehicles, not crossing flooded areas and avoiding circulating in wooded areas.

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, recommending people to limit travel and, if possible, to telework.

Until 11:00 today, more than three hundred flights have been 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.