About 56,000 customers still without power due to storms

A total of 56,000 E-Redes customers remain without electricity in mainland Portugal due to damage caused by bad weather to the distribution network, the company said on Monday.

In a report issued at 8 a.m., the company indicated that “around 48,000 customers in the Storm Kristin area are still without power”.

Leiria is the most affected district with 36,000, followed by Santarém with 8,000, Coimbra and Castelo Branco with 2,000 each, according to E-Redes.

In the previous assessment conducted by the company on Sunday, about 58,000 customers on the mainland were affected, and about 50,000 customers in the Storm Kristin zone were still without power.

Of these, the majority, 38,000, were in Leiria, followed by 8,000 in Santarém, 2,000 in Coimbra, and 2,000 in Castelo Branco.

Fourteen people have died in Portugal since 28 January as a result of the Kristin, Leonardo and Marta depressions, which have also caused many hundreds of injuries and displaced people.

The total or partial destruction of homes, businesses and equipment, the fall of trees and structures, the closure of roads, schools and transport services, and the cutting of power, water and communications, floods and inundations are the main material consequences of the storm.

The Central, Lisbon and Tagus Valley and Alentejo regions are the most affected.

The Government has extended the state of emergency until the 15th for 68 municipalities and announced support measures of up to €2.5 billion.