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The body of a fourth person has been found after a sailing boat capsized and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, the navy said Saturday.

The Danish-flagged pleasure boat capsized on Friday around a kilometre off one of the beaches at Santa Cruz, around 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Lisbon.

The boat was hit by the strong swells caused by Storm Ciaran, which killed more than a dozen other people across Europe.

The first three victims were found dead on the shore  and were not wearing life jackets.

The body of a second woman was found inside the wrecked boat, Portuguese Navy spokesman Jose Sousa Luis told AFP on Saturday.

Three of the victims, a 56-year-old man and the two women aged 46 and 61, were Danish nationals, said the navy spokesman, adding that the nationality of the fourth victim, a 57-year-old man, was not yet known.

Although Portugal was not directly affected by the storm, the central and northern coastal regions had been put on a red alert due to the rough seas, with waves exceeding seven metres (23 feet) in height.

A new storm, named Domingos by the Spanish meteorological agency, was due to pass off Portugal on Saturday and Sunday, with waves that could reach up to nine metres high, according to the IPMA.

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Three killed as yacht capsizes off Portugal

This photograph taken on November 3, 2023, shows waves crashing on rocks in front of the casino as Storm Ciaran hits the region, in Biarritz, southwestern France . – At least 12 people were killed as Storm Ciaran battered Western Europe with record winds of up to 200 kilometres per hour, causing travel mayhem with closed ports and flight and rail disruptions. The French weather service said storms would continue into November 3, notably in the southwest of the country and on the island of Corsica. (Photo by GAIZKA IROZ / AFP)

Three people died when a sailing boat capsized on Friday and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, where the coast has seen heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, naval authorities said.

The Danish-flagged pleasure boat capsized around a kilometre off one of the beaches at Santa Cruz, in the municipality of Torres Vedras, around 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Lisbon, the National Maritime Authority (AMN) said in a statement.

The victims, two men and a woman whose ages and nationalities were not immediately known, were found dead on the shore near the wreckage of the boat and were not wearing life jackets, Portuguese Navy spokesman Jose Sousa Luis told AFP.

The yacht had left the port of Peniche, around 30 kilometres north of Santa Cruz, on Friday morning with three people on board, he added.

Portugal was not directly affected by Storm Ciaran, which has claimed a dozen lives elsewhere in Europe.

But the National Meteorological Institute (IPMA) has placed the country’s central and northern coastal regions on red alert due to the very rough seas, with waves that can exceed seven metres (23 feet) in height.

A new storm, named Domingos by the Spanish meteorological agency, was due to pass off Portugal on Saturday and Sunday, with waves that could reach up to nine metres high, according to the IPMA.

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Three killed as yacht capsizes off Portugal

• A Danish-flagged pleasure boat capsized off the coast of Santa Cruz, Portugal, due to heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, resulting in the deaths of three people who were found without life jackets.
• The central and northern coastal regions of Portugal have been placed on red alert due to rough seas and waves exceeding seven meters in height. Storm Ciaran has claimed multiple lives across Europe .
• Another storm named Domingos is expected to pass off Portugal, with waves reaching up to nine meters high, adding to the already disrupted travel conditions.

Sailboat sinks in Portugal, killing 4

LISBON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Four people died in the sinking of a sailboat off the coast of Portugal on Friday, the Portuguese National Maritime Authority (AMN) reported. Read full story

Three people died when a sailing boat capsized on Friday and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, where the coast has seen heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, naval authorities said.

Three people died when a sailing boat capsized on Friday and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, where the coast has seen heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, naval authorities said. The Danish-flagged pleasure boat capsized around a kilometre off one of the beaches at Santa Cruz, in the municipality of Torres Vedras, […]

LISBON - Three people died when a sailing boat capsized on Friday and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, where the coast has seen heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, naval authorities said.

Sailing boat sinks off Portugal

Vor der Küste von Portugal ist am Freitag ein dänisches Segelboot untergegangen. Dabei kamen zwei Männer und zwei Frauen ums Leben. Zum Zeitpunkt des Unglücks tobte das Sturmtief „Ciaran“, das hohe Wellen und heftigen Wind verursachte. Laut den Behörden ereignete sich der Unfall einen Kilometer vom Formosa-Strand entfernt. Drei der Todesopfer wurden am Freitagnachmittag ohne Rettungsweste und mit Herzstillstand an den Strand gespült. Sofort eing…

Storm Ciaran: three dead in Portugal in the sinking of a Danish sailboat

A sailboat flying the Danish flag ran aground on a beach in central Portugal on Friday. Its three crew members were found dead. They were not wearing life jackets Three

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Three people died when a sailing boat capsized on Friday and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, where the coast has seen heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, naval authorities said.

The Danish-flagged pleasure boat capsized around a kilometre off one of the beaches at Santa Cruz, in the municipality of Torres Vedras, around 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Lisbon, the National Maritime Authority (AMN) said in a statement.

The victims, two men and a woman whose ages and nationalities were not immediately known, were found dead on the shore near the wreckage of the boat and were not wearing life jackets, Portuguese Navy spokesman Jose Sousa Luis told AFP.

The yacht had left the port of Peniche, around 30 kilometres north of Santa Cruz, on Friday morning with three people on board, he added.

Portugal was not directly affected by Storm Ciaran, which has claimed a dozen lives elsewhere in Europe.

But the National Meteorological Institute (IPMA) has placed the country's central and northern coastal regions on red alert due to the very rough seas, with waves that can exceed seven metres (23 feet) in height.

A new storm, named Domingos by the Spanish meteorological agency, was due to pass off Portugal on Saturday and Sunday, with waves that could reach up to nine metres high, according to the IPMA.

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‘I thought I was going to die’: Holidaymakers share terrifying experience as tourist boat sinks in the Algarve

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A tourist boat off the coast of the Algarve capsized on Monday (20 February), leaving passengers in fear for their lives.

The vessel was sailing about 600 metres off the Portuguese coast, south of Alfanzina lighthouse, in the municipality of Lagoa, when it began taking on water.

Passengers onboard included British nationals and comprised 36 adults and four children.

Dramatic pictures show the boat, which was returning from a trip to the famous Benagil sea cave, upturned and mostly underwater.

An alert was received at around 1.25pm with members of the Portimao Maritime Police and Ferragudo Lifeguard Station immediately despatched to the scene.

Upon arrival, they found all the passengers wearing life jackets in the boat.

All passengers were rescued with the aid of a nearby tourist boat and the Ferragudo Lifeguard Station boat.

Troy French from London, who was onboard the vessel, described the incident as “a really bad experience and very scary”.

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Speaking to the Daily Mail , he said: “I was on the phone to some of my colleagues back in England and then I looked behind me and there was lots of water coming into the boat.

“The crew started to panic and they started lifting some emergency things up and the water started going into the engine and it was smoking.

“They got everyone to move to the front of the boat and then the back of the boat was sinking, sinking, sinking to the point where everyone just started jumping into the water.”

He added: “A lot of peoples' life jackets were failing and weren't activating when people were going into the water.

“I'm a confident swimmer but I was swallowing water and I was panicking for people whose life jackets weren't working properly. I'm just so glad that everyone made it out to safety.”

Mr French’s friend, Lila Evangelista, also from London, was onboard and is unable to swim.

She said: “I thought I was going to die.

“The water wasn't really high to start with and I was calm but then it started rising very quickly and I began to panic.”

In a statement , authorities confirmed that passengers were then taken to Portimao Marina, where paramedics, Portimao volunteer firefighters, Lagoa volunteer firefighters, Civil Protection officers and the Portuguese Red Cross were waiting.

“Some were showing signs of hypothermia and they were evaluated then assisted by the medical teams at the scene, although they didn't require special medical assistance,” it read.

The Portimão Maritime Police have opened an investigation to find out what happened.

At present, it is not known what caused the accident.

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Three people died when a sailing boat capsized on Friday and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, where the coast has seen heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, naval authorities said.

The Danish-flagged pleasure boat capsized around a kilometre off one of the beaches at Santa Cruz, in the municipality of Torres Vedras, around 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Lisbon, the National Maritime Authority (AMN) said in a statement.

The victims, two men and a woman whose ages and nationalities were not immediately known, were found dead on the shore near the wreckage of the boat and were not wearing life jackets, Portuguese Navy spokesman Jose Sousa Luis told AFP.

The yacht had left the port of Peniche, around 30 kilometres north of Santa Cruz, on Friday morning with three people on board, he added.

Portugal was not directly affected by Storm Ciaran, which has claimed a dozen lives elsewhere in Europe.

But the National Meteorological Institute (IPMA) has placed the country's central and northern coastal regions on red alert due to the very rough seas, with waves that can exceed seven metres (23 feet) in height.

A new storm, named Domingos by the Spanish meteorological agency, was due to pass off Portugal on Saturday and Sunday, with waves that could reach up to nine metres high, according to the IPMA.

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36 people rescued after tour boat capsizes off southern Portugal

The National Maritime Authority of Portugal (Autoridade Maritima Nacional; AMN) has reported that local partner agencies have successfully rescued all 36 passengers and crew of a tour boat that capsized off the country’s southern region of Algarve on Monday, February 20.

The vessel was underway about 600 metres off the coast of the municipality of Lagoa when it suffered water ingress at around 13:20 local time on Monday.

Personnel from the Portuguese Maritime Police as well as the crews of some Good Samaritan vessels deployed to an area just off Alfanzina Lighthouse in Lagoa and found the survivors wearing lifejackets and drifting in the water near the overturned and partially sunken tour boat.

All 36 survivors were pulled out of the water and brought to nearby Portimão. Some of the survivors showed signs of hypothermia and were promptly treated by responding medical teams.

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The AMN said the maritime police is preparing to begin an investigation into the incident.

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Thirty-six tourists rescued after tour boat capsizes off Portugal

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A group of tourists say they were lucky to survive after their tour boat capsized off the coast of the Algarve in southern Portugal on Monday afternoon (20 February 2023), and several lifejackets failed to activate.

The National Maritime Authority of Portugal (Autoridade Maritima Nacional; AMN) reports the vessel had 36 people on board, including four children, when it began rapidly taking on water around half a mile from the town of Carvoeiro. Sources informed The Sun that passengers included at least five Brits and two Irish nationals, alongside French, Belgian, Canadian, Swiss, and South Korean holidaymakers.

A distress alert was issued at 1.20pm local time. AMN says members of the Portimão Maritime Police of Portimão and Ferragudo Lifeguard Station were immediately sent to the site. Several other good samaritan vessels had arrived on the scene swiftly.

“I thought I was going to die,” tourist Lila Evangelista from London tells The Sun . The water wasn’t really high to start with, and I was calm but then it started rising very quickly, and I began to panic. The coastguards came a little bit late when everyone was already in the big boat that picked up most of those that ended up in the water.”

Fellow passenger Troy French adds: “I’m not exactly sure what happened. I was on the phone to some of my colleagues back in England, and then I looked behind me, and there was lots of water coming into the boat. The crew started to panic, and they started lifting some emergency things up, and the water started going into the engine — it was smoking.”

French tells the newspaper that the back of the boat rapidly started sinking, forcing people to jump into the ocean.

“A lot of people’s lifejackets were failing and weren’t activating when people were going into the water,” he continues. “It was a really bad experience and very scary.”

Upon the arrival of the rescue vessels, almost all passengers had reportedly been in the water for over 10 minutes. Everybody was rescued with the support of a tourist boat that was nearby and the Ferragudo Lifeguard Station boat.

Some passengers were showing signs of hypothermia and received treatment. No injuries have been reported.

After the rescue, the capsized tour boat was raised and towed to Portimão by a salvage company hired by the owners.

The maritime police are now preparing to begin an investigation into the incident.

In 2018, British man Richard Chapelow was killed after being thrown from a banana boat at the Santa Clara Dam in Portugal, an hour north of the Algarve region.

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Three killed as yacht capsizes off Portugal

LISBON, Nov 3, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Three people died when a sailing boat capsized on Friday and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, where the coast has seen heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, naval authorities said.

   The Danish-flagged pleasure boat capsized around a kilometre off one of the beaches at Santa Cruz, in the municipality of Torres Vedras, around 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Lisbon, the National Maritime Authority (AMN) said in a statement.

   The victims, two men and a woman whose ages and nationalities were not immediately known, were found dead on the shore near the wreckage of the boat and were not wearing life jackets, Portuguese Navy spokesman Jose Sousa Luis told AFP.

   The yacht had left the port of Peniche, around 30 kilometres north of Santa Cruz, on Friday morning with three people on board, he added.

   Portugal was not directly affected by Storm Ciaran, which has claimed a dozen lives elsewhere in Europe.

   But the National Meteorological Institute (IPMA) has placed the country's central and northern coastal regions on red alert due to the very rough seas, with waves that can exceed seven metres (23 feet) in height.

   A new storm, named Domingos by the Spanish meteorological agency, was due to pass off Portugal on Saturday and Sunday, with waves that could reach up to nine metres high, according to the IPMA.

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Portugal: Four people die in the sinking of a sailing yacht

2023-11-04T10:31:17.825Z

Highlights: Two men and two women have died in the sinking of a sailing yacht off the coast of Portugal. At least three of the victims are Danes, according to the spokesman for the National Maritime Authority. Three of the bodies were washed ashore without life jackets. The accident occurred about one kilometer from Formosa beach – in Torres Vedras, about 60 kilometers northwest of Lisbon. At the time of the accident, there were rough seas with high waves and strong winds. The age and other information about the victims were not initially disclosed.

Two men and two women have died while sailing off Torres Vedras. At the time of the accident, there were rough seas with high waves and strong winds. Three of the bodies were washed ashore without life jackets.

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Capsized yacht on the beach of Torres Vedras

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Two men and two women have died in the sinking of a sailing yacht off the coast of Portugal. At least three of the victims are Danes, according to the spokesman for the National Maritime Authority (MNA), José Sousa Luís, according to the Lusa news agency. A male body has yet to be identified. The accident of the Danish boat occurred about one kilometer from Formosa beach – in Torres Vedras, about 60 kilometers northwest of Lisbon.

Rescue workers had initially recovered three victims in the afternoon, two men and a woman. During the recovery of the capsized sailboat, the body of another woman was found inside some time later, Sousa Luís explained. At the time of the accident, according to the competent authorities, there were rough seas with high waves and strong winds.

According to official information, three of the victims had washed up on the beach in the afternoon without life jackets and with cardiac arrest. Immediately initiated resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful, it said. The age and other information about the victims were not initially disclosed.

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Lifeguards successfully save 13 people after tourist boat capsizes

By Kim Schiffmann, in Algarve · 16 Aug 2019, 01:00 · 5 Comments

Three of the people had to be taken to hospital after the accident, none of them with life threatening injuries.

The causes of the accident, which occurred around 5.30pm on 10 August, are not yet known. According to Jornal Noticias, two children aged around five, along with two women, spent a few minutes in the water under the boat where they found an air pocket enabling them to breathe.

The victims were saved by four young lifeguards from the company AquaForm, hired by the Lagoa City Council for beach surveillance. The boat accident occurred in the Benagil Cave, the most famous cave in the Algarve, much sought after and visited by tourist boats.

“There were people around the boat, others underneath it and people screaming in panic” said a source from the rescue team. The four young lifeguards then rescued the 12 passengers and one crew member.

After the rescue, two people were reportedly taken to Faro Hospital, one suspected to have an arm fracture, and a third to Portimão Hospital due to an anxiety attack.

Among the victims were Portuguese nationals and tourists of other nationalities, namely Spanish and French.

Three days after the incident the Mayor of Lagoa, Luis Encarnação, went to Benagil Beach to compliment and praise the act of courage and professionalism of the lifeguards who successfully rescued the victims of the accident.

Despite the level of panic, these rescuers, hired by the Lagoa City Council to supervise the beach, acted calmly to complete the rescue operation successfully.

The high demand for visiting the Benagil cave gives rise to frequent emergency situations, hence the municipality has been reinforcing the available human and material resources from year to year, so that these situations are minimised and the need for eventual intervention is faster and with better assistance to bathers and visitors”, said a statement from Lagoa Council.

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Actually there were 5 people trapped under the boat- 2 girls aged 6 and 10, their mother, another woman and men. The boat capsized because of the excessed amount of water inside as the boat was previously smashed from the rear by the huge wave. 2 people were taken to hospital in Faro with head injuries and 1 person taken to Portimao hospital with arm injury. There were Spanish, French and Polish people on the board. Victim

By Marcin from UK on 20 Aug 2019, 01:25

Posiblemente la barca se acercó demasiado a la cueva y eso pudo provocar que las maniobras en aguas del mar algo alborotadas hiciera que volcara. Afortunadamente este tipo de accidentes no es muy frecuente y hay que valorar y agradecer las labores de rescate llevadas a cabo por las personas que acudieron rápidamente. Pero es difícil olvidar esos momentos allí vividos, atrapada con tus hijas de 6 y 10 años bajo la barca y la histeria y el pánico que allí se dio, incluso pensando en lo peor... Los daños materiales también se han de valorar, hubo quien perdió todas o parte de sus pertenencias, con todas las consecuencias que esto puede acarrear estando de vacaciones en un país extranjero. En cuanto a daños físicos, golpes en la cabeza y brazos y hombro lesionado, irán mejorando con su debido tratamiento, confiando en que no haya secuelas .... Pero el hecho de vivir esta horrible experiencia que comenzó siendo una agradable excursión y pudo terminar en tragedia es algo que nadie de los que allí estuvimos, y en especial mis niñas, olvidaremos fácilmente. Si ha habido alguna posibilidad de "error humano" ojalá se tenga en cuenta para que esto no vuelva a suceder. Otra víctima.

By Eva from Other on 22 Aug 2019, 19:27

Yo también fui una de las víctimas del accidente. Éramos las dos parejas de Huelva. No hemos recibido aún ninguna comunicación por parte del Seguro y de la Empresa. Sólo la contestación a un correo que yo les envié a la empresa y me dijeron que ya recibiríamos contestación. Dejo aquí mi email por si podemos seguir en contacto y ver cómo van los trámites. Ramón

By RAMÓN from Other on 28 Aug 2019, 13:02

Hola! Mi nombre es Elena Gómez y soy otra de las personas que sufrió el accidente junto con mi marido y unos amigos. Tengo q dar mil gracias a todas las personas que colaboraron en el rescate por su actuación, sin duda sin su ayuda el desenlace no hubiese sido el mismo. Las secuelas físicas para mi a pesar de que afortunadamente no tuve que ir al hospital en ese momento han sido muchas; he sufrido durante dos semanas dolor en cada parte de mi cuerpo por los múltiples golpes que recibí y la cantidad de hematomas que tenía. Pero eso para mi es secundario si tengo en cuenta el daño psicológico que el accidente me ha producido: fobia a cualquier actividad que tenga que ver con el mar, noches de pesadillas e insomnio y un malestar psicológico q afortunadamente va remitiendo. Por supuesto a parte las pérdidas materiales q no fueron pocas. Por eso no entiendo como a fecha de hoy y después de haber pasado más de dos semanas, nadie se haya puesto en contacto con nosotros para darnos no una explicación de lo sucedido y explicarnos en q situación estamos. Todos los que sufrimos el accidente creo q actuamos con humanidad y comprensión y pienso que merecemos que alguien se ponga en contacto con nosotros. Un saludo.

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A British woman feared for her life when a tourist boat she was on suddenly started sinking.

Lila Evangelista was among a group of 36 people, which included four children, on a boat off the Algarve in Portugal on Monday afternoon.

Somehow, water got into the boat and the vessel was sinking ‘within three minutes’.

Lila was also one of the multiple people whose lifejackets were not activating properly.

The Londoner said: ‘I thought I was going to die. The water wasn’t really high to start with and I was calm but then it started rising very quickly and I began to panic.

‘The coastguards came a little bit late when everyone was already in the big boat that picked up most of those that ended up in the water.’

Her friend Troy French, also from London, said: ‘I was on the phone to some of my colleagues back in England and then I looked behind me and there was lots of water coming into the boat.

‘The crew started to panic and they started lifting some emergency things up and the water started going into the engine and it was smoking.

‘They got everyone to move to the front of the boat and then the back of the boat was sinking, sinking, sinking to the point where everyone just started jumping into the water.

‘A lot of people’s lifejackets were failing and weren’t activating when people were going into the water. It was a really bad experience and very scary.

‘I’m a confident swimmer but I was swallowing water and I was panicking for people whose lifejackets were weren’t working properly. I’m just so glad that everyone made it out so safety.’

The pair said it took around 10 to 15 minutes to get the group, which included five Brits and two Irish nationals, to safety.

The dramatic events took place just before 1.30pm, as the group was returning from the famous Benagil sea cave near Alfanzina Lighthouse, half a mile from the resort of Carvoeiro.

Portugal’s National Maritime Authority said: ‘Members of the Portimao Maritime Police of Portimao and Ferragudo Lifeguard Station were immediately sent to the site. Several other tourist vessels also headed to the area.

‘The people who were on the boat were all in the water when they arrived with their life jackets on.

‘They were rescued with the support of a tourist boat that was nearby and the Ferragudo Lifeguard Station boat.

‘Some were showing signs of hypothermia and they were evaluated then assisted by the medical teams at the scene, although they didn’t require special medical assistance.’

An investigation into how the boat sank is currently underway.

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Three killed as yacht capsizes off Portugal

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Three people died when a sailing boat capsized on Friday and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, where the coast has seen heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, naval authorities said.

The Danish-flagged pleasure boat capsized around a kilometre off one of the beaches at Santa Cruz, in the municipality of Torres Vedras, around 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Lisbon, the National Maritime Authority (AMN) said in a statement.

The victims, two men and a woman whose ages and nationalities were not immediately known were found dead on the shore near the wreckage of the boat and were not wearing life jackets, Portuguese Navy spokesman Jose Sousa Luis told AFP.

The yacht had left the port of Peniche, around 30 kilometres north of Santa Cruz, on Friday morning with three people on board, he added.

Portugal was not directly affected by Storm Ciaran, which has claimed a dozen lives elsewhere in Europe.

However, the National Meteorological Institute (IPMA) has placed the country's central and northern coastal regions on red alert due to the very rough seas, with waves that can exceed seven metres (23 feet) in height.

A new storm, named Domingos by the Spanish meteorological agency, was due to pass off Portugal on Saturday and Sunday, with waves that could reach up to nine metres high, according to the IPMA.

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