Overview
- Portugal mobilised more than 26,500 rescuers and three municipalities postponed Sunday’s presidential vote to next week due to the severe weather.
- National agencies issued orange alerts, with forecasts of heavy rain, hazardous seas, mountain snow and gusts near 110 km/h across wide areas.
- In Spain’s Andalusia region, more than 11,000 people were evacuated as roads and rail links were cut, the Sevilla–Girona match was postponed, and authorities monitored the Guadalquivir’s peak.
- Local media in Portugal reported a 46-year-old volunteer emergency worker drowned near Campo Maior, marking the first reported fatality linked to Storm Marta.
- Portugal’s provisional damage bill exceeds €4 billion, farmers in southern Spain report catastrophic crop losses, and officials say dams released a three‑day volume equal to annual national water use.