Government Prolongs State of Alert Due to Heat and Fires
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The decision covers the districts of Vila Real, Bragança, Guarda, Viseu, Castelo Branco, Beja, Santarém, Portalegre, Évora and Faro and is justified by "the maintenance of the heat wave".
Internal Administration justifies the decision with "the maintenance of the heat wave" and "the weather forecasts still of great adversity for the next days in the districts of the interior of the country".
Temperatures will remain at extremely high or very high values, so certain restrictions will continue to apply to reduce the risk of fires.
At the same time, it implies prohibiting "access, movement and permanence" within certain areas and forest roads.
The Government today decreed the extension of the state of alert in effect from 00:01 on Tuesday until 23:59 on Thursday in 10 districts of mainland Portugal, the Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI) announced in a statement. The decision covers the districts of Vila Real, Bragança, Guarda, Viseu, Castelo Branco, Beja, Santarém, Portalegre, Évora and Faro and is justified by "the maintenance of the heat wave" and by "meteorological forecas…
The government today decreed the extension of the existing alert situation, from 00:01 on Tuesday until 23:59 on Thursday in 10 districts of Portugal Continental, the Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI) informed in press release.
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