Exceptional weather conditions are caused by storm Nils, which is sweeping over the entire country. As calculated by the daily “El Pais”, Nils is already the eighth storm this year, and this year's January was the rainiest in 25 years.
What activities have been canceled in Catalonia?
How many people were evacuated in Portugal?
What are the effects of storm Nils in Spain?
Where do floods occur in Portugal?
Due to strong regional winds The Catalan government has decided to suspend school, university and sports activities on Thursday. Warnings were sent to residents' mobile phones. Catalan authorities also urged people to avoid unnecessary travel.
Portugal is also facing the weather
The minister explained that jEven before the highway was destroyed, the authorities preventively closed traffic. He added that the government, when ordering the closure of the route, was aware of the existing risk for A1 users.
Meanwhile, before midnight, the Portuguese army reported that due to the breach of one of the flood embankments, it was necessary to evacuate four people in one of the fields near Coimbra. Since Wednesday, over 3,000 people have been evacuated in this area. people. The army is assisting the civil defense services in this operation. Late in the evening, the authorities of Coimbra announced that the evacuation of residents of Sao Martinho de Arvore, Quimbres and Sao Joao to Campo had begun due to the floods.
The hurricanes that have been persisting over Portugal since the end of January led to numerous destructions and the death of at least 16 people. As of Thursday morning, nearly 4.5 thousand people had been evacuated, mainly due to floods. people.
Numerous floods occur in the country's main cities: Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra, as well as in popular tourist destinations such as Sesimbra and Cascais.
