Latest report shows that heavy overnight rains that flooded Portugal’s capital, Lisbon have killed a 55-year-old woman who got trapped by the water in the basement where she lived.
According to the national Civil Protection Agency on Thursday, the intense rainfall and winds washed away cars and flooded streets, buildings, and public transport stations, blocking some metro lines. Authorities shut roads around the capital and city tunnels.
Among hundreds of incidents reported, the local hospital in San Francisco Xavier lost part of its roof and water flooded some of the building.
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The Civil Protection authority is said to have called on citizens not to leave their homes and to try to avoid low-level areas. Portuguese weather agency IPMA has placed all Lisbon districts under red alert, the most severe of three levels, and forecast the rain to last until Friday.
Story was adapted from abc.
