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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 municipality has signed a protocol with the APA that allows for urgent intervention actions on its coastline. The government has 111 million euros to repair coastal damage across the country.
Emergency intervention to stabilise the Moledo seawall in Caminha, which collapsed due to bad weather, has already begun. A two-phase project worth 4.5 million euros is planned.
The Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) has identified over 200 million euros in damages to riverside infrastructure across the country, caused by the succession of storms and floods this winter. On Tuesday, the Minister of Environment announced approximately 5 million euros in investments specifically for the municipalities of Alcácer do Sal and Mértola.
The parish councils of Cercal do Alentejo and Vila Nova de Milfontes cancelled Saturday's demonstration after IP announced the start of preparatory works.
IP is considering the reopening of an IP4 junction near Vila Real. The section was closed following heavy rain and a subsequent landslide in Parede de Cunhos.
Paulo Fernandes, coordinator of the Mission Structure for the Reconstruction of the Central Region, says that the restoration of fixed telecommunications is still significantly delayed.
The project was commissioned this Friday, and the repair of the irrigation canal, which collapsed in the Ponte dos Casais area in Coimbra, will cost 2.9 million euros.
Portugal's Alto Alentejo region has suffered approximately €16 million in damages due to recent severe weather, primarily affecting municipal and some private infrastructure. The figure, provided by the CIMAA, covers damages in municipalities like Portalegre, Gavião, Nisa, and Ponte de Sor, with potential for higher losses as agricultural damages are still being assessed. Local authorities are calling for urgent government support through the Portugal Transformação, Recuperação e Resiliência (PTRR) program to aid in recovery and infrastructure repair. The region's response includes prioritizing strategic projects to be integrated into regional recovery plans. Overall, the recent storms caused significant destruction, with Portugal experiencing 18 fatalities and numerous injuries and displacements.
The government warned that the recovery work on the A1 viaduct, which collapsed after the bursting of a dam on the Mondego River in Coimbra, may take “weeks”. The Prime Minister has announced new support measures for the victims, including a Recovery and Resilience Plan exclusive to Portugal and an increase in credit lines for businesses from 500 million to 1 billion euros. We are providing real-time updates on the weather situation in Portugal.
Kristin will be the most severe and expensive exceptional event for the electrical system. No one dares to say how much it will cost, and it could push charges onto electricity tariffs, but only from 2030 onwards.
The Secretary of State highlighted the shortage of national labour to repair public infrastructure, factories, and housing.
Storm Kristin brought cyclonic winds and torrential rain, exposing the country's structural vulnerabilities. But is there the capacity to rebuild quickly what was destroyed?
During a visit to Alcácer do Sal, one of the areas affected by storm Kristin, Infrastructure Minister Miguel Pinto Luz declined to speak to journalists, saying only that the Government and other bodies involved in the country's recovery are “working”, and expressing “hope” for the “enormous solidarity of the Portuguese”.
Engineers enrolled on a volunteer register will be sent to the areas most affected by the severe weather to assist with repairs and emergency response.
A storm lasting around four hours caused damage in the municipality of Figueiró dos Vinhos. The armed forces have been deployed to assist with repair and recovery efforts, helping clear debris, restore infrastructure and support affected residents.
The announcement was made on Sunday by Luís Montenegro after an extraordinary Council of Ministers, but the Development Bank has now detailed its part of the plan regarding financial support, following the devastation caused by Depression Kristin, especially in the centre of the country. The measures involve two financing lines with ...
REN (National Energy Networks) and insurer Fidelidade joined forces to support populations most affected by Storm Kristin, which has already caused more than five deaths, by providing around 31,000 square metres of tarpaulins for the temporary protection of damaged infrastructure, mainly in Coimbra, Pombal and Leiria. According to ...
The president of E-redes says around 50 high-voltage substations and 700 kilometres of network were destroyed. Meanwhile, the President of the Republic considers the reconstruction period will be long.
Nuno Melo, the Minister of Defence, also visits the military deployment in the Leiria district
The regional sections of the Centre of the Order of Architects and of the Order of Engineers today proposed creating a joint volunteer pool to support the recovery of areas affected by Storm Kristin.
Volunteer firefighters from across the country assisted authorities in Leiria on the second night following the storm. There is still a great deal of work to be done to restore normality.
The Prime Minister expressed his intention for a swift return to normality and praised the work of local mayors.
