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Gonçalo Lopes, the mayor of Leiria, discussed the extensive damage caused by Storm Kristin in a recent interview with CNN Portugal, highlighting the municipality's emergency response and recovery efforts over the past ten days.
João Guarda, a resident of Leiria, is facing severe flooding for the second time this week. He has resorted to using a log in an attempt to manage the rising water levels around his home, highlighting the ongoing challenges posed by extreme weather conditions in the area.
Madalena Azevedo lives in a house unfit for habitation due to the destruction caused by storm Kristin.
Filomena and Vítor's home was damaged by the passage of Storm Kristin.
According to the mayor, “the goal is for some of these people to move into modular homes until they can rehabilitate their residences.”
Kiara explained that the water was coming “from all corners, from all sides”; it was gushing from the toilet and the bathtub, and her mother was screaming in despair.
Leiria, Coimbra, and Santarém are the districts most affected by the damage caused by the Kristin depression.
Seven days after the storm that swept through the Leiria region, debris is being cleared at the S. Pedro de Moel campsite.
The mayor said that in that municipality in the Leiria district there are still many houses with missing roofs and numerous housing problems, alongside a huge shortage of labour.
Leiria has launched the 'Telhado Solidário' (Solidarity Roof) initiative to involve companies and construction-sector professionals in providing roofing assistance to households in need.
The initiative is aimed at qualified technicians and companies with the objective of repairing roofs.
Leiria City Council launched today the 'Solidarity Roof' operation, an initiative specifically aimed at qualified technicians and companies to repair roofs, with accommodation guaranteed for participants who are not from the municipality.
Nine other Mozambican nationals have been hospitalised since 31 January after inhaling a toxic gas from a generator that was running inside the residence where they were staying in Alcobaça.
It has 93 beds, is operating in a secondary school and was set up by the Red Cross on Sunday night for anyone who needs to stay overnight. It will remain in operation until 8 February.
Speaking to Rádio Observador, the deputy mayor of Pombal City Council says the municipality was aware of 30 displaced people, but acknowledges that around 200 families in the municipality required support.
The mayor of Leiria, Gonçalo Lopes, regards the measures announced by the Government as positive, but stresses they will only be effective if they are “minimally bureaucratic and very prompt”. He warns about the scale of the damage — with thousands of homes and tens of thousands of cars affected — and insists that “people need help now”.
These days the Alvaiázere fire station is serving as a polling station, providing logistical support to operational teams and to people rehoused in the municipal pavilion. Whether for health reasons or because they lost their homes, around a hundred people have already needed assistance.
The measure aims to support families who provide essential services to the community, namely in healthcare, the fire service and the security forces.
The couple accuse the local authority of providing no support, a stark contrast to election time when officials even came to pick them up from their home in a van.
The facility can accommodate 70 people.
Brazilians living in Leiria describe scenes of destruction, flooding and property damage after a violent storm swept through the area.
With no assistance on-site, a neighbour temporarily offered a house to shelter the family, but the property also has no water or electricity.
With no local assistance, a neighbour temporarily provided a house to shelter the family, but the property also has no water or electricity.
The municipality in the Leiria district is providing meals to those displaced, as well as to the operational staff working on the clean-up efforts and to volunteers.
The Marinha Grande City Council revealed today that it has re-housed 75 people in the facilities of Sport Império Marinhense after they were transferred from the Municipal Stadium.
The Portuguese Red Cross will establish a reception area at the Pombal Municipal Pavilion to temporarily accommodate up to 100 people displaced by the storm, and a facility at the Leiria Municipal Stadium to support operational teams on the ground.
The Pombal Municipal Pavilion will have capacity to temporarily house 100 people.
The number of displaced people is thought to be much higher and is rising daily, but, according to the councillor, many have chosen to seek help from family members.
The Pombal municipal council has, to date, rehoused 30 people who sought help following the passage of depression Kristin, in a municipality where almost all homes suffered damage, the council's vice-president told the Lusa news agency.
Several residents had to leave their homes because they became uninhabitable after two flats were affected.
