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Portugal on Alert as Storm Kristin Leaves 187,000 Without Power

Civil protection warns of flash floods, landslides and falling rocks, complicating repairs in hardest-hit central areas.

Overview

  • E-Redes reports about 187,000 customers still without electricity Sunday morning after roughly 211,000 on Saturday, with the heaviest impact in Leiria where poles and high-tension lines were toppled.
  • The official death toll stands at five, including two men who died in separate roof-repair accidents in Batalha and Alcobaça.
  • IPMA keeps the mainland under alerts for heavy rain through Monday, with coastal orange warnings for Porto, Viana do Castelo, Braga, Lisbon, Leiria and Aveiro, and until 15:00 in Faro, Setúbal and Beja.
  • Generators are supplying hospitals, water systems and telecommunications while crews work to restore the damaged power network.
  • Emergency services say they have carried out 34 land rescues and 17 water rescues since the storm hit.