According to a report by CM, it took just 5 minutes of rainfall to flood areas of downtown Albufeira.
The Algarve and four other districts of Portugal are under a weather warning due to the forecast of heavy showers which could be accompanied by thunderstorms and hail.
The districts of Faro and Beja will be under a yellow warning until 3pm today and again on Friday between 3am and 9pm.
The yellow rain warning for the districts of Lisbon and Setúbal will be in effect between 12pm and 6pm today and in Santarém from 3pm to 9pm today.
Locals have implied that the municipality did not work to clear the roadside drains during the summer…so they were blocked and so the rainwater could not drain effectively.
By Jenny Compton from Algarve on 14 Nov 2024, 18:05