rains triggered floods in Portugal’s
capital on Wednesday, a 55 year old woman
was killed after being trapped in the
basement of her house . the local
authorities issued red weather warnings
due to the intense rainfall and the
strong winds, and sharp roads and the
city tunnels around the capitol mayor
Carlos modes visited some of the flooded
areas .and said that a work to build a
five kilometer drainage tunnel will be
starting soon.
we experienced a phenomenon of great
magnitude with more than 86 millimeter
water between 5 AM and 1 am. we had a lot
of interventions to make by midnight. we
had nearly 170 simultaneous firefighter
interventions, in cooperation with the
Municipal Police and civil protection. we
worked all night with the staff there to
try to deal with the many problems.
meanwhile the Civil Protection Agency
instructed the citizens to not leave
their homes and avoid low-level areas.
civil protection Commander Andrei
Fernandez appealed the people to not
leave their homes during these periods
of heavy rainfall . Fernandez urged the
residents living in the low-lying areas
to seek shelter in safe places.
the water came all the way down to our
knees , everything inside is ruined. all
the refrigerators nothing works, I do not
know when we will be able to reopen to
top it all off it is a holiday. the
insurers are closed.
this
Portuguese weather agency informed that
the rains are expected to continue until
Friday.