The president of the Azores Civil Protection said Thursday that the heavy rain caused “enough damage” on roads and dwellings, in the parish of Pedreira do Nordeste, Sao Miguel, and the authorities try to restore “quickly” normalcy. “The area with the most damage and the most affected area is the island of São Miguel, in the parish of Pedreira do Nordeste, in which there was a need for relocation of three families. There are plenty of property damage in both roads, as in dwellings “said the president of the Regional Service of Civil Protection and Fire Azores (SRPCBA), José António Oliveira Dias, told Lusa News Agency.
The official said that “remain constraints in terms of roads and housing, that can not be occupied.” “This is the scenario and we are trying to recover the situation to return to normalcy,” said Jose Dias, indicating that there are also damages “in the public lighting”, but that “are already being intervened. “
In the Third, island and according to the president of the Azores Civil Protection,” there were about 30 incidents, focusing more on the Tea Land area, but small “notably interventions” in some attachments “housing and” patios and on public roads, but without any personal injury. “
” Restoring normalcy in the northeast of the county as soon as possible is a priority, ensured that are situations of human protection, “said the head of civil protection in the Azores, adding that” at this time there are no active events. “
The Portuguese Institute of Ocean and Atmosphere (IPMA) lowered the warning level to orange, the second most serious in a scale of four. According to IPMA, the orange warning regarding the precipitation will be in force in the western, central and eastern groups until 18h .. The nine islands of the Azores are still under yellow warning until 18:00 today because of storm forecasts .
The forecasts point to a gradual improvement in time in the Azores from Friday.
In a notice issued this morning, the Regional Service of Civil Protection and Fire Azores (SRPCBA) reported that “remain the conditions of strong atmospheric instability throughout the islands” and recalled that “the possible impact of these effects can be minimized, especially by adopting appropriate behavior” by which, “in particular in the areas vulnerable “recommended” the observation and dissemination of the main self-protection measures for these situations. “
Due to bad weather, three families were removed from their homes during the night in place of the quarry, northeast of the county, and there have been people who have come to be isolated, he said the agency Lusa the president of the Chamber. In addition, several roads and paths were blocked, buried and damaged.
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