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Ministry of Environment Lists 671 Bathing Waters for the 2026 Season — Down From 673 After Winter Storms Knock Five Beaches Off the Map and Santo André, Cerejal and Ilhéu de Vila Franca Join

Ministry of Environment Lists 671 Bathing Waters for the 2026 Season — Down From 673 After Winter Storms Knock Five Beaches Off the Map and Santo André, Cerejal and Ilhéu de Vila Franca Join

The Ministry of Environment and Energy has fixed Portugal's 2026 bathing-water register at 671 sites — 512 coastal and transitional, 159 inland — down two from 2025 after the 2025/2026 winter storm season knocked five beaches off the list. Two new beaches and one Azorean re-entry join.
The Portugal Brief
Açores: CIVISA Walks the Faial-Pico Channel Volcanic Alert From V1 Back Down to V0 After a Month of Submarine Tremors at the Cachorro System — Quake Swarm From 1 April Triggered the Alert; Decline Brings Reference Levels Back

Açores: CIVISA Walks the Faial-Pico Channel Volcanic Alert From V1 Back Down to V0 After a Month of Submarine Tremors at the Cachorro System — Quake Swarm From 1 April Triggered the Alert; Decline Brings Reference Levels Back

CIVISA has lowered the Faial-Pico Channel volcanic alert from V1 back to V0 after a month-long quake swarm at the Cachorro Submarine Volcanic System eased. The alert had been raised in early April; events ran from 20km depth to near-surface.
The Portugal Brief
Copernicus and the WMO Confirm Europe Is Warming Twice as Fast as the Global Average — State of Climate Report Names Portugal a 'Microcosm of the Continent', 1.034 Million Hectares Burned and 95% of Europe Above the 1991-2020 Average in 2025

Copernicus and the WMO Confirm Europe Is Warming Twice as Fast as the Global Average — State of Climate Report Names Portugal a 'Microcosm of the Continent', 1.034 Million Hectares Burned and 95% of Europe Above the 1991-2020 Average in 2025

Copernicus and the WMO confirm Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average, with 2025 logging 1.034 million hectares burned and 95% of the continent above the 1991-2020 mean. Portugal posted a fifth-hottest year and six heat waves, including a 16-day August stretch.
The Portugal Brief
APA Pledges €111 Million to Rebuild a Coast Stripped of 20 Metres by Five Winter Storms — One Million Cubic Metres of Tagus Sand Now Pouring Onto Costa da Caparica Ahead of 1 June

APA Pledges €111 Million to Rebuild a Coast Stripped of 20 Metres by Five Winter Storms — One Million Cubic Metres of Tagus Sand Now Pouring Onto Costa da Caparica Ahead of 1 June

APA is dredging one million cubic metres of sand from the Tagus onto Costa da Caparica between now and June — part of a €111M coastal recovery programme covering damage from Storms Ingrid, Joseph, Kristin, Leonardo and Marta. Some stretches lost 20 metres of beach. Bathing season opens 1 June.
The Portugal Brief