Constraints in Hospital de São Francisco Xavier as floodwaters stream into basement floors
The flooding in low-lying areas of Greater Lisbon today have also caused constraints in Hospital São Francisco Xavier. The basement floors (levels 0 and -1) have been flooded, while the
Car buried in landslide on access to A5; occupants hospitalised
PSP says victims’ condition “not known” A landslide engulfed a car this morning on the approach to the A5 motorway linking Lisbon with Cascais. SIC television news reports that the
Flooding in Greater Lisbon: “It’s not over yet” warns IPMA
Downtown Algés “impassable” due to heavy rains overnight Residents in the Greater Lisbon area woke up this morning to warnings that the bad weather that is causing flooding in low-lying
Lisbon city council opens whistleblowing channel
Lisbon city council has announced the launch of the municipality’s “whistleblowing channel”, which allows people to report “non-compliance with ethical principles and values or illegal situations in municipal activity, including
Loose cow ‘on rampage’ in Lisbon “fell from cattle truck”
Very sad news over the weekend involved the shooting of a cow that was ‘on the rampage on the busy Lisbon Segunda Circular road’. It transpires that the terrified animal
Government to support Lisbon area municipalities hit by bad weather
Damages to be assessed by January 15 Portugal’s government has pledged to support municipalities of Greater Lisbon affected by bad weather since Wednesday night, with local authorities asked to assess
Work on drainage tunnels Lisbon so desperately needs to start in March
Project will take years; cost €250 million and almost certainly suffer delays Work on the drainage tunnels Lisbon so desperately needs to ensure flooding issues ‘whenever it rains heavily’ are
Lisbon residents told “stay home” as bad weather claims first victim
Lisbon sappers stress: “We won’t be able to help everybody” Bad weather hitting the south of the country today has seen residents of Lisbon told “don’t leave home” as reports
Garcia de Orta Hospital ‘sends non-critical patients to other hospitals’
The weekend’s chaos in Lisbon A&E departments showed no sign of abating over Sunday night, with Garcia de Orta Hospital taking the decision to ‘divert non-critical patients to other hospitals’.
Government will not prolong exceptional period for nighttime flights in Lisbon
Increasing the exceptional period of nighttime flights in and out of Lisbon was never meant to be ‘on the table’, but today the government has categorically said that it will