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Storm Charles cancelled more than 220 flights at Lisbon and Faro airports on 11 November, Portugal Resident reported, as the national weather service, IPMA, eased its red wind warning to orange for Beja, Lisbon and Setúbal while keeping red rain warnings there and red wind warnings for five other districts; forecasters said Greater Lisbon still faced a risk of a rare "sting jet" with gusts above 160km/h. The storm had already brought a nationwide alert on 10 November, with flooding on Lisbon's Segunda Circular ring road and the second day of the Web Summit conference cancelled.
Nearly 60 firefighters tackled a large fire at a scrap-metal recycling plant in Lavradio, Barreiro, early on 10 November, injuring one firefighter and hampered by strong winds, Civil Protection said. Separately, police found no explosive device after searching a Ryanair aircraft that had flown in from Rome following a bomb warning on 7 November, and Portugal's health inspectorate is investigating after an elderly patient died following a long wait, triaged as yellow, in the emergency department at Portimão Hospital, according to a report published on 5 November.
Updated by the ECTV Crisis Desk, based on 5 verified stories from the past seven days.
ECTV has published 4 verified stories on Portugal in the past seven days. The most recent, updated 12 November 2026: Storm Charles cancels 220+ flights in Portugal as red alert eases.
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More than 220 flights were cancelled at Lisbon and Faro airports as storm Charles weakened slightly, with IPMA easing its red wind warning for three districts.
11 independent sources · 98% confidenceStorm Charles left damage in Madeira and more than 200 flights cancelled as it moved towards France, Portuguese broadcaster SIC Noticias and Reuters reported.
Updated : Storm Charles leaves a trail of destruction in Madeira and over 200 cancelled flights, SIC Noticias and Reuters report.
12 independent sources · 98% confidenceNearly 60 firefighters battled a large fire at a scrap-metal recycling plant in Lavradio, Barreiro, early on Tuesday; one firefighter was hurt.
3 independent sources · 83% confidenceA bomb warning affecting a Lisbon–Rome service was investigated while the aircraft arrived from Rome; police found no suspicious items.
9 independent sources · 98% confidenceAn elderly man died after a lengthy emergency-department wait; the health inspectorate is investigating.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceA man and a woman died when fire swept a disused Porto Vecchio warehouse in Trieste used as a migrant shelter; reports differ on the victims' nationalities.
11 independent sources · 98% confidenceThousands protested on Sunday against the pre-dawn police clearance of housing-rights camps in Lisbon and Porto that left 13 arrested and dozens hurt, officials said.
12 independent sources · 98% confidenceThe Rede Expressos driver is believed to have suffered a sudden illness before the coach overturned on the EN260 near Baleizão on Friday, leaving seven passengers hurt.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceThe government authorised an investment of up to €22.2 million in a long-range radar system for the Portuguese Air Force.
1 independent sources · 40% confidenceThe number of people hurt when police cleared housing-protest camps in Lisbon and Porto rose to 33, as Portugal's police watchdog opened an inquiry.
10 independent sources · 98% confidenceA taxi struck three people on a pedestrian crossing in Porto on Wednesday, injuring 7 people in all, including a child, fire officials said.
4 independent sources · 97% confidenceA fire gutted a waste-management company's warehouse in the Pedrulha area of Coimbra, Portugal, overnight, with no injuries reported.
4 independent sources · 97% confidenceA 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck off São Miguel in the Azores on Tuesday evening, followed by dozens of aftershocks including two more tremors on Wednesday, with no injuries reported.
3 independent sources · 88% confidencePortuguese police dismantled a protest camp against the housing crisis in Lisbon, arresting 55 people and injuring two, local media reported.
2 independent sources · 59% confidenceDemonstrators in Porto and Lisbon maintain tent camps demanding affordable rents, as organisers call for an Iberian general strike on 11 November.
5 independent sources · 88% confidencePolice clashed with housing rights protesters in central Porto before dawn on Thursday, with organisers saying 37 people were injured.
9 independent sources · 98% confidenceA fire in a building in Lisbon's Alfama district sent up a large cloud of smoke and led to the precautionary evacuation of a nearby school.
3 independent sources · 73% confidencePortuguese authorities reported seven injuries, one serious, after confrontations and car collisions near Bragança.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceTwo buses and a car collided outside the Braga Parque shopping centre in northern Portugal on Wednesday afternoon, with reports giving tolls from 14 to 19 hurt.
5 independent sources · 98% confidenceTwo people were injured when two Metro Sul do Tejo trains collided in Almada, near Lisbon, on Friday morning, emergency services said.
4 independent sources · 92% confidenceTwenty-seven firefighters tackled a blaze on one floor of a building in Rio Tinto on Saturday evening, forcing residents out overnight.
3 independent sources · 73% confidenceHer husband and three others were seriously hurt when their car left the road on the A1 in central Portugal, Civil Protection said.
3 independent sources · 83% confidenceA fire tore through an old building in Viseu's historic centre late on Friday, killing a 28-year-old man and injuring five other people.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceA fire destroyed two warehouses in the Vieira de Leiria industrial zone in Marinha Grande, Portugal, on Friday afternoon, with three firefighters treated for smoke exhaustion.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceA Delta Air Lines flight from Barcelona to Boston diverted to Porto on Sunday after smoke was detected in the cabin; 14 passengers received first aid.
19 independent sources · 98% confidence