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Civil Protection deactivates emergency plan for flooding in the Tagus basin

The Santarém District Civil Protection Commission deactivated the Special Emergency Plan for Flooding in the Tagus Basin on Friday 13 November at 16:10. The decision follows a significant drop in water flow levels at the Almourol station in Vila Nova da Barquinha, which decreased from over 800 cubic meters per second during the morning to approximately 300 cubic meters per second by the afternoon.

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The emergency plan for flooding is no longer in effect, meaning the immediate hydrological risk in the Tagus basin has been declared normalized by authorities.

Correio da Manhã· 1d agoRead original ↗

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