Rain and wind damage tents and flood streets in Lagoa, São Miguel
Azores GuideA fallen tree, flooded streets and wrecked event tents in Lagoa, and water by a hotel in Ponta Delgada. Nobody was hurt in Saturday's weather on São Miguel.
Heavy rain and wind on São Miguel on Saturday 14 November caused several incidents, most of them in the municipality of Lagoa, the Regional Civil Protection and Fire Service of the Azores (SRPCBA) said. Civil protection told RTP Açores it had registered four, three of them in Lagoa.
In Lagoa, where some of the strongest gusts were felt, the wind damaged tents put up for an event. According to RTP Açores, the tents stood in the Praça Nossa Senhora da Graça for a restaurant's anniversary. No injuries were reported.
A tree fell at Pico do Fogo in Lagoa and partly blocked a street. Rua dos Biscoitos flooded, and water got into a house there. Lagoa's municipal civil protection service dealt with the incidents.
In Ponta Delgada, water flooded the area next to a hotel at the São Gonçalo roundabout.
The Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) told RTP Açores it had recorded no extreme weather event on São Miguel that afternoon.
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