Storm Bruna reaches the mainland: overnight rain, thunderstorms and 75 km/h gusts in Lisbon and the south from 8 November
Storm Bruna, which has been battering Madeira since Saturday, reaches the mainland on the evening of Sunday 8 November. The IPMA weather service has issued yellow warnings for rain in ten districts. In the Lisbon and Setúbal districts, heavy rain with thunderstorms and southerly gusts of up to 75 km/h are expected from 18:00 until 06:00 on Monday. In the Faro district, in the Algarve, rain and thunderstorms will start earlier, at 15:00, and the wind will pick up from 18:00 (IPMA).
In the Beja district, rain with thunderstorms is expected from 15:00 until midnight, and gusts of up to 75 km/h from 18:00 until the morning. In the Évora, Portalegre and Santarém districts, rain is expected from 18:00 until 06:00, and in Castelo Branco from 21:00. In the Leiria district, gusts of up to 75 km/h are expected from 18:00, and after midnight heavy rain will reach the Leiria and Coimbra districts.
On the coast from Viana do Castelo to Coimbra, south-westerly waves of 4–5 metres are expected from 21:00 on Monday until 15:00 on Tuesday.
On Madeira, the regional civil protection service recorded 111 incidents between 08:00 and 23:00 on Saturday, including 47 fallen trees, 28 floods and eight landslides. Funchal accounted for the most call-outs, 55. In Santa Cruz, a family of five lost their home to flooding. Several roads are closed in Funchal, Câmara de Lobos, Ribeira Brava and Ponta do Sol. A yellow warning for wind is in force on Madeira until 21:00 on Sunday: on the south coast, gusts will reach up to 90 km/h and waves up to 4.5 metres (Notícias ao Minuto).
According to IPMA's forecast for the week, it will rain on the mainland almost every day from 9 to 15 November, though temperatures will rise. The only day likely to be dry is Sunday 15 November (Notícias ao Minuto).
