Nearly five dozen municipalities are at maximum risk in the districts of Bragança, Viseu, Coimbra, Guarda, Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Leiria, and Santarém, according to the IPMA (Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere).
About 80 municipalities in districts such as Bragança, Vila Real, Porto, Aveiro, Viseu, Coimbra, Leiria, Guarda, Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Santarém, Beja, and Faro are at very high risk.
The IPMA has placed almost the entire Alentejo region and dozens of municipalities in Lisbon, Santarém, Leiria, Coimbra, Viseu, Aveiro, Braga, and Viana do Castelo at high risk.
The fire risk, determined by the IPMA, has five levels ranging from ‘reduced’ to ‘maximum’, and calculations are based on air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and amount of precipitation in the last 24 hours.
For today, a decrease in maximum temperature is expected, especially in the interior, and there is also the possibility of light rain or drizzle on the coast north of Cabo Raso.
Minimum temperatures will range between 14º Celsius (Guarda) and 20º (Faro), while maximum temperatures will be between 23º (Viana do Castelo and Porto) and 31º (Castelo Branco, Évora, Beja, and Faro).
