The flow rate reached this morning about 1,400 cubic meters per second (m3/s), above the reference value of 1,200 m3/s.
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The decision came into force at 08:10, after the precipitation in Portugal and Spain caused an increase in the hydrometric levels of the Tejo and its tributaries, according to the Civil Protection. At the measurement station of Almourol, in Vila Nova da Barquinha, the Tejo flow reached this morning about 1,400 meters [...] The content Civil Protection activates blue level of the emergency plan for the Tejo basin appears first in Medium Tejo.
The Santarém District Civil Protection Commission activated the Special Emergency Plan for Filles in the Tagus Basin, at the blue level, due to the rise of the flows, which has already caused partial submersions in Constance and Almourol.