Bad weather causes flooding in downtown Porto

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In less than two hours, the municipality of Porto recorded 140 occurrences, in a total of 193 occurrences across the country.

According to Civil Protection information, the most affected region was the Metropolitan Area of ​​Porto, in particular the downtown area, between 12:00 and 1:50 pm.

The yellow line was cut between Trindade station and Jardim do Morro, in Vila Nova Gaia. However, the São Bento metro station remains closed for cleaning work.

Several people were inside the São Bento station and recorded on video the entry of water into the two underground floors.

The space was flooded in about five minutes.

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There are also news of floods in other places both in Porto and in Vila Nova de Gaia.

In a few minutes, Rua das Flores, Rua Mouzinho da Silveira and Santos Pousada were flooded.

In Aguda, water even entered some dwellings.
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Avenida Gustave Eiffel, which was already cut off to traffic in recent days following a collapse that occurred this week, was also affected by bad weather.

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Four districts in the north of the country were under orange warning until 12:00. From that time on, the yellow warning came into effect.

The article is in Portuguese

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