Baby born at Loulé service station as Storm Claudia batters region
Yesterday’s horrific weather battering forced a couple trying to get to hospital for the birth of their baby to ‘hole up’ at a motorway service station near Loulé at which
“Definitely a tornado” – yesterday’s extreme wind phenomenon in Albufeira officially recognised
With more details emerging today of those injured when yesterday’s ‘extreme wind phenomenon’ ripped through the Hotel Eden Resort and nearby HolaCamp campsite, IPMA meteorologists have confirmed that the incident
Firefighters to have ‘operational command’ in reorganisation of Civil Protection
Firefighters are to have an operational command in the reorganisation of ANEPC, the country’s emergency and civil protection authority which came in for such criticism over its management of last
TAP plane hit by lightning just after take-off
A TAP plane leaving Lisbon for Venice was hit by a bolt of lightning shortly after take-off yesterday. Another effect of storm Claudia battering the country, the decision was made
IGAS investigates ‘amputation’ of nine-year-old’s fingertips’ at Cinfães school
With a team of 15 lawyers already stepping in to pursue this brutal incident, IGAS – the general inspectorate of education – has opened an investigation into ‘the circumstances surrounding
“Very high probability” today’s extreme wind was tornado
A source for IPMA, the country’s meteorological institute, has confirmed that radar images of the extreme wind phenomenon in Albufeira this morning “indicate a very high probability that it was
One dead, two seriously injured, many others hurt as Albufeira battered by Storm Claudia
One person is dead, two have been seriously injured and 26 were hurt this morning as Albufeira was battered by the latest round with Storm Claudia. The details of the
Lithium exploration: Savannah acquires new concession, wants to start operations in 2026
The latest news of Savannah Resources – the company with 27% of its share capital in Portuguese hands, which seeks to mine lithium in Boticas – is interesting not just
Unions vote for general strike, despite government’s insistence ‘there is no need’
As of mid-afternoon, the country’s two largest syndicates, CGTP and UGT, are firm in their resolve to hold a general strike on Thursday, December 11, which they predict will cause
Elderly couple die as home floods in Fernão Ferro
An elderly couple died this morning when their ground-floor home in Fernão Ferro, Seixal, was flooded in the downpours prompted by Storm Claudia. According to family members, the couple, both