It is far from clear what
lies ahead weatherwise.
Day one was bad enough,
but day two was much more destructive
due to the still raging storm Kristin, more rain and far greater
flooding.
One of the hardest hit
cities was Silves in the Algarve were the water thundered down from the
upstream reservoir and topped the trunks of trees, engulfed the riverbanks and
submerged riverside municipal gardens and the city’s main road., closing
businesses and homes.
Wind gusts of 178 Km were
recorded elsewhere in Portugal before monitoring equipment was destroyed.
More than 850,000 people
lost power on Wednesday, according to electricity distributor E-Redes.
At least five people have
died in an event that the government has described as “ an extreme climatic
event".
Yet more rain is forecast,
but it remains to be seen how harmful
his will be in the coming days.
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