Coimbra, Portugal
Latest news and stories from Montemor-o-Velho.
Civil Protection has urged caution to populations in flood risk areas, with the Mondego region being the most concerning for authorities. We are providing live updates on the weather situation in Portugal.
The settlement lies between the central channel of the Mondego River and the so-called abandoned riverbed. Water in the surrounding fields has risen by about one metre since Monday morning.
The village of Ereira risks being cut off by late Tuesday afternoon.
The mayor of Montemor-o-Velho, José Veríssimo (Socialist Party), said today that the toll exemption announced by the Government “is belated”, but constitutes “an incentive” and “a recognition” of the suffering of the communities affected by Storm Kristin.
Residents of Formoselha, in the municipality of Montemor-o-Velho in the Coimbra district, are worried about the risk of flooding in the Baixo Mondego, even though they say such events are already commonplace.
Paulo Raimundo, general secretary of the PCP (Portuguese Communist Party), during a visit to Formoselha, in Montemor-o-Velho — one of the municipalities affected by the Kristin depression — says that it is possible to do much more in the field of disaster prevention.
From Montemor-o-Velho, journalist João Bizarro provides an update on the River Mondego following the heavy rain over the past few hours.
The municipal government of Montemor-o-Velho warned on social media to 'exercise the utmost caution' and said that 'it is important to adopt self-protection and prevention measures'.
The most recent road closed to traffic in the municipality of Montemor-o-Velho due to flooding is the Centro Náutico bypass, which leads to Formoselha just after the bridge over the Mondego.
There is a sense of outrage in Montemor-o-Velho. The locality was hit by severe flooding after storm Kristin passed over Portugal. At the Ereira river beach the water rose by about two metres, a scene that reminds residents of the 2001 floods.
