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IPMA forecasts strong rain for mainland Portugal and Madeira from Friday, 6 November
The IPMA expects the weather to change on Friday, 6 November, after a dry October, with rain that will sometimes be heavy and thunderstorms in places. A deep Atlantic depression is forecast to stay west of the continent through much of the following week.
- Oct 15
Magnitude 4.2 earthquake shakes El Bierzo and Galicia with no damage reported
The IGN placed the epicentre near Benuza in León at 22:34 on Thursday, 15 October, and a sequence of aftershocks followed into early Friday.
- Sep 27
Portugal places seven districts under yellow alert as Atlantic storm approaches
The Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere issued yellow alerts for seven mainland districts as an Atlantic cyclogenesis brings hail, thunderstorms, and wind gusts up to 90 km/h.
- Sep 9
Portugal extends 10-cent agricultural diesel discount and adds €13 million for fisheries
The Council of Ministers approved more than €15 million to prolong the fuel discount through 31 December, alongside targeted support for fishing fleets and social institutions.
- Jun 15
‘We feel abandoned’: Parents of slain French woman demand Portugal extradite double femicide suspect Cédric Prizzon
Families of two French women killed in Portugal plead for suspect Cédric Prizzon to be handed over to France, as Portuguese justice refuses to execute a European arrest warrant.
