Damage caused by last week's storm in the municipality of Faro, «between the coast, company structures, houses, farms and urban public space», «amount to more than 7 million euros» and are «the greatest damage caused by climatic phenomena in the county's contemporary history».
The accounts are from the Chamber of Faro, in a statement in which «gives public thanks» to the President of the Republic, for the visit he made yesterday to the council «so martyred by the storm of the 4th of March».
The City Council of Faro he says he sees “in his presence, the expression of the highest solidarity that the Portuguese people devote to the Farenses and to the entire Region and an extraordinary motivation to join forces and begin the tasks of rebuilding what the storm overthrew”.
According to the municipality of the capital of the Algarve, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa “was able to see this rate of destruction in his visits to Praia de Faro and to agricultural holdings in the eastern part of the municipality'.
«And he was able, on the same occasion, to verify and praise the work of the municipality and the social network of the municipality, which set up in record time an emergency operation to house with dignity and feed about 150 members of the community of Cerro do Bruxo, 52 of the as children, [displaced] as a result of the March 4 tornado'.
The City Council also states that it wants to “echo the words of the President of the Republic, who demonstrated his confidence in the Government's attention and availability to all these issues. A solidarity that has to be done through emergency measures and the allocation of specific funds and programs to help those who are vulnerable».
In light of this, the municipality expresses its appreciation for the presence of the Minister for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Housing, who will come tomorrow, the 12th, Faro, affirming its "certainty that these displacements will result in adequate solutions to the existing problems".
The Municipality highlights in particular "damages on the coast, in particular in areas where the support of the dunes is already at risk and determines an urgent loading of the sand to protect people and property", as well as the "establishment of a social housing financing program adapted to the needs of the council, which have long been claimed by the people of Faro and in due time communicated to the tutelage».
The City Council of Faro He ends his statement sent today to newsrooms by making "a public thanks to all entities and people who have accompanied us in these most difficult days" and reiterating "his gratitude to the President of the Republic who yesterday performed an act of great affective and expression generosity, which is not surprising, as it has already got us used to it, but which comforts and motivates, for the friendship and consideration it shows for the people of our land».
Regarding the damage to 60 farms in the Algarve, mainly caused by the March 4 tornado, the minister of Agriculture Capoulas Santos yesterday estimated it at 3,6 million euros.
The damages occurred in farms in the municipalities of Faro, Olhão, Tavira, Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António. The ordinance on the support to be provided to farmers is published on Tuesday and there will be a period of 20 days for applications.
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