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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 Polícia Judiciária is investigating the case.

The Judicial Police are investigating the case.

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.

Home searches carried out as part of the investigation also led to the seizure of material allegedly linked to the offences — mobile phones, luxury watches, items of clothing and some doses of hashish.

The alert was raised at 19:44 on Thursday. No injuries reported.

The alert was raised at 19:44. No injuries have been reported.

The suspect delivered two blows to the victim's chest and abdomen, the Polícia Judiciária (PJ) says.

Two mobile phone shops and a jewellery store were robbed by masked men. In one case a firearm was used; in the other two the suspects threatened victims with baseball bats.

The arrested man “delivered two blows to the victim's thoracic and abdominal areas”, the Judicial Police (PJ) says.

It is the only region on the mainland with a yellow warning, which is also in force in the Madeira archipelago.

The Algarve is therefore the only region on the mainland with a yellow warning, which is also in force in the Madeira archipelago.

Portugal's meteorological institute (IPMA) has prolonged a yellow alert for precipitation affecting the Algarve region; the warning remains in force until midnight.
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.

Home News Yellow weather warning issued in the Algarve Yellow weather warning issued in the Algarve The Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere ( IPMA) has extended the yellow warning for the district of Faro until midnight tonight, warning of the possibility of precipitation at times hea

Home News Warning as Algarve flood gates opening Warning as Algarve flood gates opening Authorities have appealed to the population of the riverside areas of Beliche and Odeleite, in Castro Marim, Algarve, to avoid circulating in flood zones, due to temporarily controlled discharges planned at th