“We had 71 incidents across the country related to bad weather, 51 of which were floods. The most affected areas were the Algarve with 14, the Setúbal Peninsula with 13, Greater Lisbon with eight and the others were divided across the rest of the territory in smaller numbers”, Elísio Pereira from the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority told Lusa.

Among the occurrences, civil protection highlights a situation of extreme wind, on the Setúbal Peninsula.

“We recorded a [case] of extreme wind on National Road 253 between Alcácer do Sal and Comporta, in an area where there are no houses. There were fallen trees and power lines here. Road traffic has now been restored and communications companies are currently assessing the damage to their infrastructure. We do not have information about people or homes affected,” he said.

On Monday, ANEPC issued a warning to the population about the worsening weather conditions in mainland Portugal until today, with heavy rain, accompanied by thunderstorms and hail, and an alert for preventive measures.

The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) has placed the districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga and Porto under yellow due to the forecast of rain, sometimes heavy, accompanied by thunderstorms, and occasional hail until 6 pm today.

Aveiro, Viseu, Coimbra, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Santarém, Lisbon, Portalegre, Evora, Setúbal, Beja and Faro are under yellow warning until midnight on Thursday.

Due to rough seas, the districts of Lisbon, Faro, Setúbal and Beja are under an orange warning until 9 am today, then changing to yellow until 3 pm today.

The Madeira archipelago is also under a yellow warning until 3pm on Thursday due to the state of the sea and until 3am on Thursday due to the sometimes heavy rain.