Most of the aid, €211.7 million, goes to Italy .
0. Spain’s Costa Del Sol is under a deluge of water today as roads turn into rivers, whilst river banks explode spilling water out onto the streets of Southern Spain. Raging flash floods swept through streets on 16 June, 2019, damaging homes and vehicles. Two powerful storms that struck Spain and Portugal in quick succession over the past three days have killed at least eight people and caused widespread flooding and damage.
Jump to navigation Jump to search ← ... bringing severe rainfall and flooding. A ceramic azulejo panel commemorating the first circumnavigation of the world which set sail … The (mostly small-grain) hail can clog processes and thus increase the … Parliament on Wednesday approved €279 million in EU aid following extreme weather events in Austria, Italy, Portugal and Spain in 2019.
More than 250 people were evacuated from their homes in villages in central Portugal on Saturday due to rising river waters, Portuguese news agency Lusa said. The remnants of Hurricane Leslie swept in overnight on … On Thursday, Budgets Committee Members approved €279 million in EU aid following extreme weather events in Austria, Italy, Portugal and Spain in 2019. Anniversaries. The Azores (Portugal) were hit by hurricane Lorenzo in October 2019 (€8.2 million); A rare meteorological phenomenon described as "isolated high altitude depression" affected four regions in the south-east of Spain in September 2019, leading to flooding (€56.7 million); Most of the Italian territory was affected, between October and November 2019, by a series of …
Portugal’s civil protection authority said on Saturday the heavy rain and strong winds had felled trees and caused flooding and damage to infrastructure.
EDP, the country’s largest utility, said on Friday that thousands of people were without electricity due to storm damage.
In Madrid a woman died on Saturday after being injured by a piece of falling masonry dislodged by strong winds in the city center on Friday.
Spain’s Costa Del Sol has seriously been hit by torrential rain and high winds as the storm comes in from Portugal. MADRID (Reuters) - Two powerful storms that struck Spain and Portugal in quick succession over the past three days have killed at least eight people and caused widespread flooding and damage. Two powerful storms that struck Spain and Portugal in quick succession over the past three days have killed at least eight people and caused widespread flooding and damage. Large hailstones are also more common locally.
Spain’s civil defense agency said the latest front could bring winds of up to 140 km per hour (85 mph) and waves of up to 9 meters (30 feet), to the country’s northwest Atlantic coast.
The arrival of Storm Fabien on Saturday brought a fresh round of high winds and heavy rainfall to the region, just as Storm Elsa, which hit the Iberian peninsula on Wednesday, began to subside.
MEPs call for the fund to be reformed, as climate change will cause ever more natural disasters . The worst hit area was the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on Terceira Island, where 30 of 36 incidents occurred. 2019 in Portugal.
The report by José … 20 December 2019 @ 05:59. Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain receive €279m after natural disasters in 2019Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain receive €279m after natural disasters in 2019EU Solidarity Fund aid to help repair damage after floods and storms
The weather causes disruption to ferry services across the Tagus and to train services between Lisbon and Porto, the latter of which are temporarily halted until 22 December. Hurricane-force winds have struck central and northern Portugal, leaving 300,000 homes without power. In Portugal, one man died in Montijo, near Lisbon, on Thursday after a tree fell on his truck, and a second man was killed in Castro Daire, northern Portugal, when his house collapsed, officials said. SRPCBA said that most of the recorded incidents were promptly resolved by Angra do Heroísmo fire service, along with teams from civil protection and other local …
In the southern region of Andalusia, a spokesman for the emergency services said they had recovered the body of a windsurfer in the province of Huelva, and a second man died in Granada attempting to ford a swollen river in his car. (This story has been refiled to fix a typo in the headline) Reporting by Nathan Allen in Madrid and Catarina Demony in Lisbon; Editing by Frances KerryA flooded street is pictured as Storm Elsa sweeps through Trofa, in Porto, Portugal, December 20, 2019, in this still image taken from a social media video./via REUTERS
Basements are full, streets are flooded and small streams and rivers can swell by several meters and cause floods in a short time. On Friday a person died in a landslide in Asturias, a second was killed when a stone wall crumbled in Galicia and a third person was swept away by floodwaters in Castile and Leon, a government spokeswoman said. However, the effects of the storms have been felt across the peninsula. EU Solidarity Fund aid to help repair damage after floods and storms . The result is that the thunderstorm can dump all of its rainfall in one place, which can often lead to large floods and flash floods. -- Advertisement --Authorities are working through the early morning in …