There is a significant risk of flooding due to forecasts of heavy rainfall, according to the president of the Portuguese Environment Agency, who stated that “for the sake of precaution” it is “essential to evacuate people in at-risk areas.” This is currently happening in Coimbra, Soure, and Montemor-o-Velho.
Mondego at "clear risk" of levees collapsing, Coimbra council to evacuate around three thousand people
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