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In an interview with CNN Portugal, the Minister of the Presidency says that Portugal has sufficient generators and defends the continuation of the Minister of Internal Administration, Maria Lucia Amaral.
Luís Lopes, the councillor responsible for Civil Protection in Leiria, gives an update on the damage caused by the recent rains. “From the assessment we carried out with E-Redes yesterday, we still had approximately 67% of people without an electricity supply,” he says.
In response to the situation across the Centro region, the municipality warns that this equipment is starting to become scarce.
E-Redes mobilised 450 generators to the area affected by the Kristin depression, which caused power cuts, the company's chairman of the board, José Ferrari Careto, said today.
Last night the Algarve mobilised to send heavy-duty generators and technical expertise up to storm-ravaged areas in the centre of the country. In a statement, local Civil Protection says the The post Algarve sends generators and expertise to storm-devastated centre appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Thousands of people remain without electricity and are relying on generators to provide lighting. E-Redes expects to reinforce support with more equipment sent from Spain and France. The situation could persist for weeks.
A new storm will move into Greater Lisbon in the early hours with heavy rain. E-Redes has no estimate for the full restoration of power in the affected area.
GNR warns of a danger that cannot be seen or smelt: carbon monoxide released by generators used inside the home. Generators should only be used outdoors, away from air intakes.
The municipal council has also secured additional generators, including “a very powerful one” that “allows them to open another extraction borehole”.
The mayor explained that “some of the communities will have electricity”, noting that “the city of Leiria does not have an electricity supply” in its entirety, but only in certain locations.
Leiria City Council will install generators today because E-Redes has no estimate for restoring electricity, and will supply water by tankers to certain parishes, said the councillor for Civil Protection, Luís Lopes.
On Saturday the Army said it had mobilised additional teams to two municipalities, but not yet to Leiria, where the socialist mayor complains of a lack of support. Five promised generators have not yet arrived at their destination, but the Government says the problem is one of transport and that it does not need more sent from the EU. The Secretary of State wants the armed forces to help prevent flooding in the coming days.
The Armed Forces have made generators available to the municipality of Figueiró dos Vinhos.
In Caxarias, in the municipality of Ourém, there has been no electricity for more than two days and many people are without water. In Ferreira do Zêzere the power is out and the damage to houses and infrastructure is evident.
Immediate priorities are to provide shelter and food to affected populations, with the Minister of the Presidency emphasising the importance of disaster insurance.
On the ground, the company says it has deployed personnel and equipment to the most affected areas, including three mobile power units and around 250 generators.
At 13:00, the government said generators are available to cover the needs of the central region.
Recovery begins with the high-voltage lines and a mobile unit serving as a substation to speed up the process. In parallel, generators are being used to power essential services.
The water system uses pumps to supply areas at higher elevations. Without electricity, generators must be used; they are already being used to supply the Leiria region.
