Electricity repair ‘too late to save 200 piglets’
The re-establishment today of energy to 100% of EDP’s clients was ‘too late’ for 200 piglets of a secluded pig farm in Leiria’s Bidoeira de Cima. Brothers Joaquim and Manuel
EDP establishes energy to 100% of clients affected by storms
News breaking today is that just over four weeks since Storm Kristin destroyed large parts of the centre of the country’s electrical supply infrastructure – leaving hundreds of thousands of
Leiria loses up to eight million trees in Storm Kristin
It is only in the last few days that the sheer number of trees lost (just in the district of Leiria) has become clear: between five to eight million. Experts
Ireland’s power workers shocked by grid devastation in Leiria
A group of 70 Irish workers has been helping to restore power to the storm-hit Leiria region, with their arrival celebrated by grateful local residents. The team, comprising employees of
Number of households without electricity increases to 45,000
The number of households without electricity (and, as a usual consequence, water) this morning has risen to 45,000. Only yesterday, at the same time, supply network E-REDES announced it had
Families and businesses with tax debts “excluded from state storm support”
With criticism over the government’s handling of the last two weeks of ‘climate emergency’, Correio da Manhã today reports that families and businesses with tax and/ or social security debts
Residents of villages without power for 10 days take to streets
Residents of villages that have been without electricity for 10 days following Storm Kristin, are mobilising for a demonstration tonight in Pombal to demand urgent solutions for the population, which,
Government ‘knew electricity pylons wouldn’t withstand Kristin’s winds’
Portugal’s government ‘knew’ that the country’s electrical system would not withstand the speed of the winds brought last week by Depression Kristin – but there was nothing that could be
PM addresses country as communities brace over rising river levels
Prime minister Luís Montenegro spoke to the country tonight, announcing immediate help to populations affected by the recent storms (Kristin and Leonardo). The government is extending the ‘situation of calamity’
Shutdown of auto factories halts European production lines
The swathe of damages across the country cut by Storm Kristin has led to the shutdown of several factories in the automotive sector. Some have still not been able to