More than 24 hours after Portugal’s Atlantic Storm Christine battered the central and northern parts of the country yesterday, the death toll rose to five and caused power outages to around 450,000 customers.
Portugal’s Civil Defense Agency reported that one man died due to the bad weather, bringing the death toll to five. Rail services remain suspended on several lines, and schools are closed in some parts of the country’s center.
Atlantic Storm Christine hit Western Europe, particularly Portugal and Spain, on Wednesday, with authorities in both countries urging people to stay at home, especially after outbreaks of flooding, heavy snowfall, and disruption to air and rail transport and roads.
Remarkably, for two days the Atlantic Ocean witnessed the passage of consecutive Atlantic storms named “Joseph,” “Chandra,” and “Christine,” which merged into a single weather system over the Atlantic Ocean and became known as a “storm train” that would hit Western Europe, with impacts extending as far as North Africa.
More than 24 hours after Portugal’s Atlantic storm Christine battered central and northern parts of the country yesterday, it left around 450,000 subscribers without power and the death toll rose to five.
Portugal’s civil protection agency said one man had died as a result of the bad weather, bringing the death toll to five. Train services remained suspended on several lines and schools were closed across central Portugal.
Atlantic Storm Christine hit Western Europe on Wednesday, particularly affecting Portugal and Spain, where authorities urged people to stay indoors after causing flooding, heavy snowfall and disrupting air, rail and road transport.
It is worth noting that a series of Atlantic storms named “Joseph,” “Chandra,” and “Christine” have been successful over the past two days in the Atlantic Ocean. They would coalesce into a single weather system known as a “storm train” over the Atlantic Ocean, hitting Western Europe and extending its effects as far as North Africa.
