Heavy rain has caused significant flooding on streets surrounding the Colombo Shopping Centre in the Benfica neighbourhood of Lisbon.
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A road under an A1 motorway viaduct in Vila Franca de Xira is completely flooded, requiring emergency services to rescue a person from a vehicle. This incident is part of a series of floods reported this morning, 11 November 2026.
The Bruna depression has caused flooding on the road near Santa Apolónia, in Lisbon, which is currently hindering traffic.
Several parents' associations and mobility collectives have requested that Porto City Council expand its 'school street' program, which restricts traffic near schools, to cover all schools, kindergartens, and nurseries in the city. The group argues that the current municipal mobility plan only provides interventions for 21 out of 217 schools and proposes reallocating funds currently earmarked for tunnel expansions to implement low-cost tactical urbanism interventions at all schools by 2036.