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A storm battering Portugal for two weeks caused the partial collapse of a bridge on the highway connecting Lisbon and Porto, forcing the total closure of traffic. The collapse of the dyke associated with the structure has worsened the country’s infrastructure crisis after successive cyclones. Emergency teams deployed 15 trucks with rocks and aggregates to stabilize the terrain and protect the remaining road from flood erosion.
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00:00Meanwhile in Portugal, the storm that has been hit in the country for two weeks has caused the partial collapse
00:05of a bridge in the highway connecting the two countries' main cities, Lisbon and Porto.
00:11The collapse of the dike associated with the structure forced the total closure of traffic, aggravating the infrastructure crisis after
00:18the passage of successive cyclones.
00:20To stop erosion and stabilize the terrain, emergency teams deployed 15 trucks with rocks and aggregates to protect the remaining
00:27road from force of floods.
00:30In this sense, the Interior Minister Maria Lucia Moral resigned due to the criticism of the handling of the emergency.
00:37Likewise, the executive will appear before Parliament to account for their capacity to prevent and respond to the climate event.
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