Barreiro Collective Transport will work but with conditioning

Os Collective Transport of Barreiro (TCB) will operate with conditioned service due to the worsening of weather conditions scheduled for today.

In an information published on the website of the Municipality of Barreiro, in the district of Setúbal, the municipal company informs that until 12 o'clock will be ensured the circulation with hours of working days with some restrictions not performing the express careers 4 and 8.

From 12 o'clock on, the offer will be reduced and the necessary circulation will be maintained to ensure access to essential minimum services, such as careers 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14 and 15 with an expected frequency of approximately 30 minutes per row.

Routes 9, 10, 16 and 18 will move with one bus each and 37 and 71 will be secured at night.

Also according to the company, the Vilas da Serra – Quinta do Peliche link will have the service suspended from 12 am.

“ Given the evolution of weather conditions and the guidance of the authorities, additional adjustments may be made to the service throughout the day,” says TCB, recommending passengers to accompany the official channels of the company before commencing and avoiding non-essential travel whenever possible.

The Portuguese continent entered at 00:00 in a state of alert due to the passage of depression Charles, which will reach, as of this morning, especially the regions of the Algarve, Alentejo, Lisbon and Centro.

The alert situation takes place until 23:59 and implies the adoption of exceptional prevention measures and a greater readiness of security forces, rescue media and response teams of telecommunications operators and energy distribution.

Also the south coast and the mountainous regions of the island of Madeira are under red warning, the maximum level, from 21:00 Tuesday and until 06:00 today due to the forecast of rain sometimes strong and persistent, and, from 00:00, also because of the wind with gusts up to 140 kilometers per hour (km/h).

The forecast is that depression Charles causes floods, falls from trees and other structures and disturbances in energy and telecommunications networks.

Due to forecast weather deterioration, the government has decided to close schools of all levels of education and non-essential public services in all districts, and to call for teleworking whenever possible.

According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), the weather should worsen during the morning on the continent, predicting the occurrence of periods of rain or intense showers.

The wind will be strong, with gusts that can reach 120 km/h and, in case of formation of the phenomenon ‘sting jet’ (air current rapidly descending within an extratropical depression, accelerating towards the surface), exceed 150 km/h”.

On the continent, the IPMA predicts that depression Charles will hit especially the regions of the Algarve, Alentejo, Lisbon and Centro, having issued several red warnings for rain and wind.

The National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) called on the population to “deprecise unnecessary displacements during periods of greater precipitation and wind intensity, adopting special caution in road traffic” and warned the population about the possibility of energy disruptions and communications asking citizens to have ‘powerbank’ and mobile phones perfectly loaded to be a few autonomous hours.