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Utility provider E-REDES has announced scheduled power outages for 6 September in parts of Palmela, Mafra, and Vila Nova de Milfontes. The interruptions are necessary for maintenance work, though the company clarified that outages will likely affect specific streets rather than entire parishes.
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa says the immediate priority in the affected areas is to restore electricity and communications after widespread outages that have left almost 200,000 customers without power and some communities—such as Colmeias and Memória in Leiria—isolated. Speaking after a journey to Ferreira do Zêzere during which he was “almost always without communications”, he warned of long‑standing structural weaknesses, urged caution and calm, and called for a collective, coordinated State response with preventive measures to manage the emergency.
Depression Kristin has left roads impassable and thousands of homes without electricity and water. The Government has declared a state of calamity for 60 municipalities as Civil Protection warns of continued flood risk in the coming days. This minute-by-minute report tracks the evolving weather conditions in Portugal and the emergency response, including infrastructure impacts, mobilised resources and short-term forecasts guiding recovery decisions.
Storm Kristin swept across Portugal, entering near Leiria and causing widespread destruction particularly in the Centre and West. By 22:00 on Wednesday the National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection had logged around 5,400 incidents; high winds uprooted trees, ripped roofs from buildings and disrupted services. Local authorities and Civil Protection have been responding minute-by-minute to damage and casualties, although casualty figures were reported inconsistently during the day. The situation remains dynamic as emergency teams continue operations and meteorological services monitor the depression’s evolution over the coming hours.
Storm Ingrid left about 3,800 E‑Redes customers without power across mainland Portugal at 18:30, with the Aveiro district the most affected. The earlier peak of disruption reached roughly 20,000 customers in the North and Centre during the early hours. E‑Redes teams, working with protection and security authorities, are on the ground managing network constraints and carrying out repairs to restore supply.
Notice regarding planned power outages scheduled for specific regions in Portugal across three days in October.
Information on the scheduled power outages across Portugal during the specified week.
Home News Portugal schedules temporary power outages Portugal schedules temporary power outages Starting today, maintenance of electrical infrastructure may affect homes and businesses across Portugal.
A scheduled power outage is planned for specific dates in September across various locations in Portugal. Residents are advised to check the official list for affected areas and timeframes.
A notice informing that multiple regions across Portugal will experience power outages on Sunday.
CMTV closely followed the desperation of residents in Viana parishes, while the local authority justifies the power cuts with financial and environmental motivations.
The Penha de França and Areeiro parishes were without power throughout Saturday afternoon due to a failure that E-Redes assures is unrelated to the temperature. Distribution incidents across the country show no abnormalities.
Roadworks are underway and a machine may have struck an electricity branch line.
The storm continues to cause visible damage and losses for residents. Several parishes in Leiria remain without electricity.
After almost a whole week without power or network in Vieira de Leiria, in Marinha Grande, the parish council has “finally managed to communicate with the outside” and centralise the distribution of food and hygiene supplies. The parish council president, Álvaro Cardoso, says that, at the moment, “the main need is labour”.
News item at 16:00 about a village in the Batalha municipality that has been left without electricity.
Luís Miguel Albuquerque, president of the Ourém Town Council, is worried because many people still have homes with damaged roofs. Large parts of the council area remain without electricity.
Civil Protection has warned residents of Pedrógão Grande about the danger of electrocution following damage to the local electricity network; people are advised to avoid downed power lines and damaged electrical equipment until repairs are completed.
Around 116,000 E-Redes customers remained without electricity supply in continental Portugal at 12:00 today, following damage caused by the low-pressure system Kristin to the power grid, the company said.
The Leiria district is the most affected, with 83,000 customers without electricity, followed by Santarém with 19,000 customers.
The president of Alvaiázere's Municipal Chamber, João Paulo Guerreiro, assesses the situation in his municipality, which he described as severely “devastated” by the passage of storm Kristin. According to the mayor, “it will be difficult to restore the entirety of the electricity supply”, at a time when, more than a week after the storm, only 60% of customers already have electricity — a situation that also looks pessimistic regarding communications, as was evident during the interview with CNN.
The town centre of Alcácer do Sal was flooded again. Due to heavy rain, the River Sado's water level rose once more. This morning, power was cut as a precaution and there are concerns for isolated communities.
Prime minister Luís Montenegro ‘returned to the field’ today to visit a company in Pombal – and was tackled over the continuing lack of electricity in parts of the municipality. The post PM tackled over continuing electricity failures appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The local authority explains that the scale of the damage makes immediate restoration across the whole municipality impossible, but assures that every effort is being made to fully restore power.
The Socialist candidate urged the Government to provide a 'swift response' to the needs of communities affected by the bad weather.
The mayor of Oleiros said today that more than 70% of the territory is without mobile communications or experiencing instability, at a time when the number of people without electricity is “decreasing significantly”.
Communications were only restored in the city centre.
The mayor of Proença-a-Nova today acknowledged losses of €20 million and told the Lusa news agency that the priority is to restore power, while the municipality distributes food to people and animals.
