Albufeira flood November 2015

I couldn't get a picture, but those who know the tunnel at the roundabout at the top of the destroyed road will remember it has steel floodgates. There perhaps wasn't time to shut them against the water and one of other gates with bars has been bent right off its hinges. This let a torrent through the tunnel generating a pretty unimaginable force, the major difference this time compared to the others.

As you might imagine, the cost of flood insurance down in town is prohibitive for many businesses.

And, even as I write, a rather nasty looking storm cloud has just come in off the sea bringing several minutes of wind and rain.

Sky News.
http://news.sky.com/video/1580319/one-killed-in-portugal-floods

A quick heads up on a  couple of things I noticed on a trip to the shops this afternoon.

The Pingo Doce opposite the health centre and down from Eden Resorot was flooded out. Staff were disposing of the stock into skips when I passed.

The Rua do MFA , down past the Cavern and Geordie Viking, is being closed from time to time to allow rescue and recovery vehicles down into town and back up with rubble etc. Lots of yellow kit is being assembled on the ruins of Avenida Liberdade.

A bus driver said he was driving his bus down the Avenida Liberdade into town a little after 1pm yesterday. He said he felt the road moving beneath him as if he was on a wave. Two hours later the road was gone.

And as if to rub salt into the wounds, it is raining hard again.

Some of the video's I watched were absolutely shocking !  I feel so sorry for the business owners and all their staff, it looks like Albufeira will be a no go zone for quite some time. What we need is several weeks of dry settled weather to enable things to return to normal !  If any one knows of someone who is in need of accommodation whilst their own place gets put back together, please pm me. 

Nice gesture John

Still almost in a state of shock to see these images. To think three weeks ago we were there.

Thoughts and best wishes go to the residents and businesses affected.

Hi guys, I'm new to the forum and am looking for a bit of advice. Albufeira residents will be most helpful I think. Having seen the awful floods and subsequent damages caused to the town I set up a GoFundMe page to raise some money in order to help with the clean up operation. Since last night there has been a total of £360 in generous donations. My quandary is in not sure how to get this money across to Albufeira and who it should go to. Would anybody over there know of a charity, or organisation that it could go to? Any advice would be gratefully received, I hope you're all well after the recent events.