Portugal’s civil protection authority recorded 1,630 weather-related incidents across the mainland by 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11, after Storm Charles crossed the country, with flooding accounting for more than half of the reported calls. The government said the storm’s most demanding phase had passed and that the nationwide special alert would end at 11:59 p.m.

Flooding made up most of the incident tally

The National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) counted 881 floods, 312 road-clearance operations, 203 fallen trees, 133 fallen structures and 100 ground movements such as landslides. One ground rescue was also recorded. The tally covered mainland Portugal through 6 p.m.; it is an operational count, not a final assessment of damage.

ANEPC said 6,669 personnel and 2,046 land vehicles were deployed. Greater Lisbon, the Setúbal Peninsula and the Algarve were among the areas with the largest number of incidents. The authority described the reported occurrences as non-significant, while the government said preventive measures had helped the country get through the period of greatest pressure.

Alert ends after the storm’s peak

Portugal’s government announced that the special nationwide alert would be lifted at 11:59 p.m. Nov. 11 after the worst weather had passed. That change marked a shift from emergency readiness toward response and cleanup; it does not mean every local hazard or service disruption ended at the same time.

The incident update adds a post-storm picture to The Globuzz’s earlier report on Portugal’s Storm Charles alerts, which covered the forecast and precautions before the peak conditions. The new figures show the scale and type of response operations recorded after the storm’s passage.

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Sources: ANEPC situation report (6 p.m.); RTP; Portuguese Government; Associated Press.