Civil Protection of the Azores recorded nine incidents from 00:00 to 14:00 local time (one more hour in Lisbon) on the islands of Terceira, Faial and Pico, as a result of bad weather in the region.
According to a statement from the Regional Civil Protection and Fire Service of the Azores (SRPCBA), “most of the reported events are related to flooding of houses and roads and, on the island of Faial, lightning struck a house, causing damage. large and small dimensions. ”.
According to Civil Protection, “so far no personal damage has been recorded.”
The SRPCBA recalls that on Saturday night “several events were recorded, including flooding of roads, fire in a house and a multipurpose event with 11 injuries, of which seven were minor and four were serious.”
The seriously injured who were admitted to the Santo Espírito Hospital, on Terceira Island, after being struck by lightning, are stable and others have already been discharged, the president of the hospital’s Board of Directors said on Sunday.
In statements to journalists in Angra do Heroísmo, José Fernando Gomes, president of the Board of Directors of that health unit, confirmed that, after a lightning strike struck a house in Vila Nova, in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, five people Four adults and one child were admitted to the hospital around 11:00 p.m. on Friday.
José Fernando Gomes said that “the injured spent the night under observation in the emergency room, one of them being discharged a few hours later,” and “this morning two other people were also discharged, one adult and one child being hospitalized. ”.
According to the official, “none of the situations was more serious, the people who remain hospitalized are clinically stable, and can also be discharged today.”
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) extended the yellow warning for the central group of the Azores until 9:00 p.m. local time (one more hour in Lisbon), due to the rains, sometimes intense, that have been recorded.
The IPMA predicts that heavy rains in the central group, which includes the islands of Terceira, Faial, Pico, São Jorge and Graciosa, may be accompanied by thunderstorms.
The yellow warning is the third most serious on the scale and means that there are risks for certain activities.
Source: Observadora
