Depression Charles brings the first red warnings to mainland Portugal: wind in Lisbon, Leiria, Santarém, Setúbal, Évora, Portalegre, Beja and Faro on Wednesday. A state of alert closes schools and non-essential public services. Here is what to do.
IPMA has put Lisbon and Setúbal on orange for heavy rain and thunderstorms until 09:00 on Tuesday, joining four inland districts, and added orange warnings for waves of 5 to 6 metres on Wednesday in Beja, Faro, Lisbon and Setúbal. What to do.
IPMA has put Castelo Branco, Évora, Portalegre and Santarém on orange for heavy rain early on Tuesday, and Beja, Faro, Leiria, Lisbon, Santarém and Setúbal on orange for wind on Wednesday afternoon, as depression Charles follows Bruna. Madeira is on orange too. What to do.
IPMA has put Guarda and Castelo Branco on orange for heavy rain with thunderstorms from midnight to 06:00 on Monday 9 November, in the spell brought by depression Bruna. Most other mainland districts are on yellow. What civil protection advises.
ANEPC warns of flooding, landslides and falling trees as depression Bruna brings rain and wind to the mainland from Sunday. Eight districts are on yellow for heavy rain, and IPMA expects up to 200 mm in the northern highlands by Friday 13 November.
All four Madeira warning areas go orange for rain and wind from 18:00 on Saturday as IPMA's named storm Bruna arrives. Eight mainland districts have yellow rain warnings today, and IPMA expects over 200 mm in the mountains by 13 November.
A study in Geophysical Research Letters finds that the atmospheric rivers behind Portugal's 2025 to 2026 storms matched, and locally exceeded, the moisture transport simulated for the early stages of the highest-emissions scenario.
