Given the expected weather situation, the ANPC recommends special care for the most vulnerable population groups (elderly and children, homeless and sick of the forum cardiorespiratory)
Twenty-three counties in nine districts of mainland Portugal presented today maximum risk of fire, according to information available on the website of the Portuguese Institute of Ocean and Atmosphere (IPMA).
maximum risk of fire are 23 counties in the districts of Santarém (two), Castelo Branco (three), Leiria (three), Coimbra (four), Viseu (five), Aveiro (two), Porto (two), Braga (one) and Viana do Castelo (one).
fire risk determined by IPMA comprises five levels ranging from reduced and maximum values.
The calculation is done based on the values ??observed at 13:00 of each day of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and precipitation amount occurring in the last 24 hours.
The National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC) stresses on its website that the IPMA provides for today and Saturday maximum temperatures will range between 30 and 35 degrees Celsius and the humidity will be below 30% of the territory in general and between 10% and 20% in the northern, central and Tagus river valley.
IPMA provides also temporarily moderate wind from the northeast during the night and morning in the highlands of the northern and central regions and the conditions favorable to the occurrence of showers in the southern regions, which in the Low Alentejo and Algarve can sometimes be strong, hail and accompanied by thunder and strong gusts from the afternoon.
Hence, the ANPC on Thursday issued a warning to the public to the fact that the weather situation expected to be favorable to the progression of any forest fires and possible allocation of population groups most vulnerable because of high temperatures .
ANPC appeals to all people so that ‘in no case use the fire in forest areas, the woods or farm’ and also recommends the appropriateness of behaviors and attitudes to the situation of forest fire danger, notably with the adoption of the necessary measures of prevention and precaution and taking special attention to the evolution of fire danger for the next days.
Given the expected weather situation, the ANPC recommends special care for the most vulnerable population groups (elderly and children, homeless and sick of the forum cardiorespiratory).
On Thursday, the National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC) recorded 213 fires that were fought by 3,694 operational with the help of 989 vehicles.
According to the ANPC, at 06:30 there was no record of any fire to dominate.
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