VIDEO: city is underwater after storm passes in Portugal

Portuguese city is underwater after storm passes The city of Alcácer do Sal, in Portugal, was taken by rainwater this Thursday (5). Images from the region show houses and entire avenues flooded. (See above). 📱Download the g1 app to see news in real time and for free The floods are a consequence of Storm Leonardo, which hit the Iberian Peninsula, causing torrential rain. The event is the latest in a series of six winter storms that have hit Portugal and Spain since the beginning of 2026, causing deaths, destruction and flooding in several cities in both countries. This Thursday (5), an elderly man drowned in Portugal, and a woman was swept away by a river in Spain after trying to rescue her dog. “We spent the entire afternoon and evening yesterday searching the river, from the place where the woman fell to the mouth. We found the dog, but not her,” Malaga fire chief Manuel Marmolejo told Spanish television. A search team made up of more than 30 people, with support from helicopters and drones, continued to look for her this Thursday, according to police. Flooding and flooding have intensified in several European countries, driven by the warming of the atmosphere and the greater concentration of water vapor, experts say. In October 2024, extreme and unprecedented floods caused the death of 237 people in the Valencia region, in Spain. See images of the affected cities: Flooded house in Jimera de Líbar, in southern Spain, on February 4, 2026. Jon Nazca/ Reuters A man walks through a flooded area in Alcocer do Sal, Portugal, on February 4, 2026. Pedro Nunes/ Reuters Scenes of flooded cities in Portugal and Spain after the storm passed Leonardo Jon Nazca and Pedro Nunes/Reuters

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