Concerns for Lisbon drinking water following “repeated mining waste collapse” in Covilhã
Following several days of intense rainfall, a new collapse of a mine tailings structure occurred last Thursday at the Panasqueira mining complex in central Portugal. In the parish of São
Unrelenting winter storms batter Portugal
The death count as a result of what has been described as a ‘weather bomb’ (more scientifically an ‘explosive cyclogenesis’) continues to rise. On Tuesday morning, a 10th fatality was
Flooding begins (again) as rivers burst banks
As Depression Leonardo begins to make itself felt across the country, a number of rivers and watercourses have ‘burst their banks’ – most notably in Oeiras (Ribeira da Laje) overnight,
Blackout “working group” hears how initial ideas may not actually be the answer
Months since the ‘great Iberian Blackout’ – which plunged Portugal and Spain into as much as 12 hours without electricity – cold water has been poured on the government’s initial
PM tackled over continuing electricity failures
Prime minister Luís Montenegro ‘returned to the field’ today to visit a company in Pombal – and was tackled over the continuing lack of electricity in parts of the municipality.
Number of storm victims “much higher than media reported numbers” – NGO
The Portuguese Council for Health and the Environment has warned that “the total number of victims” of the Kristin weather-bomb disaster “is certainly much higher than the direct victims reported
Algarve on alert as new storm on way
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
PS Socialists propose storm recovery plan, up to six months of ‘situation of calamity’
Leader of the PS Socialist party, José Luís Carneiro, has proposed the creation of a national programme for recovery, stabilisation and climate resilience to respond to the impact of the
Woman discovered shot dead in Lisbon car park
Reports today describe a 30-year-old woman shot dead in the early hours of this morning in a Lisbon car park, near Avenida de Ceuta. The alert was raised shortly after
Massive crane collapses onto six homes in three streets in Figueira da Foz
A massive crane collapsed in the early hours of this morning in Figueira da Foz, on the coast of Coimbra, hitting six homes on three different streets in the touristic