Bad weather leaves three uninhabitable houses and 12 homeless in Palmela

Doze people had to leave the houses where they live due to infiltration and entrance of water through the roofs in the municipality of Palmela, but they are all already relocated, revealed to the Lusa source of the city council

“ Due to the heavy rain that was felt, there was a flood of three houses, two in the historic center of Palmela and one in Pinhal Novo ", said the fountain, advancing that the three houses were without housing conditions.

The City Hall of Palmela, in the district of Setúbal, also pointed out that “it has already secured temporary accommodation for one of the families, consisting of four people – a couple with two children” – and that the rest have found accommodation in family homes.

Since the start of the alert situation on the Portuguese continent at 00:00, and until 16:00, the Sub-regional Emergency and Civil Protection Command of the Setúbal Peninsula recorded a total of 171 occurrences, mostly small floods and some falls of trees.

Continental Portugal is now on alert until 11:59 p.m. due to depression Charles.

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 there was a reduction in the intensity of wind and gusts. During the afternoon the warnings have been unrecorded.

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.