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The Algarve is one of a number of districts on alert this morning as a new storm is on the way towards Portugal. Depression Leonardo is expected to bring winds The post Algarve on alert as new storm on way appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The National Maritime Authority and the Navy warned today of forecasts for a 'considerable deterioration' in sea conditions in the North region from 18:00 on Friday until Sunday night, with waves that could reach 12 metres.
Fallen trees and collapsed structures are the incidents most frequently recorded by Civil Protection. See on the map the locations of all active incidents.
Six districts, including Aveiro, Guarda and Coimbra, are on the highest alert and there have been no reported casualties. The depression Kristin is moving towards Spain with reduced intensity.
Civil Protection has raised the special state of readiness to level 4, the highest, along the entire coastal strip between Viana do Castelo and Setúbal to cope with a new weather depression that will cross Portugal in the early hours of tomorrow. We are following the weather's developments here, minute by minute.
The area at greatest risk will be the Coimbra district, extending north to Aveiro and south to Leiria.
An orange warning is issued whenever a weather situation poses a moderate to high risk.
