The Bárbara depression hit the Algarve in force today and caused "small floods, mainly on public roads, but also in some houses", the vast majority in Faro, Olhão and Tavira.
Contacted by Sul Informação, the District Relief Operations Command (CDOS) of Faro revealed that in the early hours of the morning and early this morning, «about 30 occurrences related to weather conditions were registered, but nothing of great concern».
In Olhão, for example, it flooded the tunnel under the railway, near the CP station, which connects Avenida da República to Avenida Bernardino da Silva – something that is, by the way, usual whenever it rains with greater intensity.
Elsewhere there were also floods, which in many cases were quickly resolved 'after the operatives had cleared the gutters and water lines' in the vicinity.
There was also a need to clean roads, namely the EN124, in Benafim, in the municipality of Loulé, due to the fall of a tree.
During the night, the areas most battered by heavy rain and strong wind were the Eastern Algarve and the interior south of Alentejo, but this morning the rainfall shifted to the Barlavento Algarvio, although without causing major problems, at least until midway through morning.
According to Meteophons, rain and strong to very strong wind, «with gusts reaching 110km/h in some places along the Central and South coast», will continue throughout the day.
And although the Algarve and Baixo Alentejo are not included in the Red Notice list, which has five districts (Castelo Branco, Lisbon, Santarém, Setúbal and Portalegre), they are still under the also worrying Orange Notice.
«The situation could be, in fact, complicated, given the expected accumulations (above 60 millimeters in three hours in some places). Furthermore, if this period of more intense precipitation coincides with the high tide (at the end of the afternoon), we could have even more problems in areas that are already prone to flooding and along the coast”, warns Meteofontes.
Photos: Hugo Rodrigues | Sul Informação
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