Latest news and stories about public safety in travel in Algarve, Portugal for expats and residents.
The government has allocated 15 million euros for urgent beach restoration following significant coastline damage caused by recent severe weather, with total repair costs estimated at 200 million euros.
The Algarve is one of a number of districts on alert this morning as a new storm is on the way towards Portugal. Depression Leonardo is expected to bring winds The post Algarve on alert as new storm on way appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Foreign nationals who were operating on Praia do Amado, in Aljezur, are being held in pre-trial detention. They were arrested by the GNR (National Republican Guard), which seized bales of hashish, three military-grade weapons and loaded magazines.
Traffic at Faro beach has been reopened after being disrupted by 'heaps of sand' blown onto the promenades by strong winds. Sea conditions remain 'quite rough' in the Algarve, which will be under an orange warning until 18:00 on Thursday.
Authorities are on site carrying out diving search operations in an attempt to locate the victim.
A tragic sequence of incidents linked to the recent bad weather in the Algarve has unfolded since Tuesday, two women being found dead after going missing in Silves. The body The post Update: Second woman found dead in Silves appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The body was found inside the car she had been travelling in.
Strong winds in the Algarve primarily led to fallen trees, with most reported damage being tree collapses rather than structural damage.
The president of the Portuguese Environment Agency, José Pimenta Machado, says that this and next week will be periods of “particular concern” given the forecast precipitation, with Águeda the city at greatest risk of flooding. In the Algarve, the rain has created an unusual situation: five of the six dams are already at such high levels...
The accident occurred at kilometre 87, in the Faro–Olhão direction.
A foreign paraglider died this Monday (January 19) after falling onto a rocky area near Praia da Cordoama in the Algarve municipality of Vila do Bispo. According to the Portuguese The post Paraglider dies at Algarve beach appeared first on Portugal Resident.
A 50-year-old Norwegian went into cardiorespiratory arrest following the fall.
A man of foreign nationality is believed to have fallen from the top of a cliff onto a rocky area in Vila do Bispo. The circumstances of the accident are still being investigated by the authorities.
Waves are reaching up to five metres in height.
Eighteen emergency responders were at the scene, supported by seven vehicles.
A 32-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of this Tuesday morning after being caught breaking into a store in Portimão, PSP police have confirmed. Officers were called to The post Man caught red-handed robbing Portimão store appeared first on Portugal Resident.
More than 100 surfboards, new or undergoing repair, along with tools and machinery, were reduced to ashes.
The Polícia Judiciária (Judiciary Police) is investigating the case.
At 17:00, the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) confirmed that ambulances in the Algarve have been halted and are not operating.
INEM (National Institute of Medical Emergency) ambulances have been absent across the Algarve for 16 hours, leaving the region without emergency ambulance coverage.
All six medical emergency ambulances in the Algarve are out of service because of a shortage of personnel. The situation was reported by the Union of Pre-Hospital Emergency Technicians (STEPH).
Another ‘strange’ fire has partially consumed a beach-bar restaurant in Praia da Rocha. The fire took hold in the dead of night/ early hours of this morning. It is unclear The post Praia da Rocha beach-bar goes up in flames during dead of night appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The GNR intervened to halt a recent spate of violent robberies affecting Albufeira and Monte Gordo. In Albufeira a youth gang targeted people in busy nightlife areas, while in Monte Gordo a young man carried out particularly aggressive attacks using an axe and a makeshift bludgeon. The incidents highlight growing concerns about public safety in tourist-oriented night-time districts and underline the need for targeted policing, prevention measures and community awareness to protect residents and visitors.
Portugal's meteorological institute (IPMA) has extended a yellow precipitation warning for the Algarve (Faro district) until midnight on Sunday, forecasting periods of heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms. The Algarve is the only mainland area under the alert, which also applies to the Madeira archipelago; the public is advised to follow updates and take precautions against localized flooding and storm impacts.
