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    Posted: 19/March/2018 at 12:07
Hi guys,
Has all the rain in this month helped the drought situation at all?
I was reading in November that it was the worst of the last 100 years!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Patti Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19/March/2018 at 16:14
I’ve just noticed Dicey’s post on the weather forum about the river gushing so I guess my question is answered
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By all reports, the country is not out of the woods yet with regard to getting the reservoirsback to their normal levels. Probably need a bit more rain to sort this out.
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Most of the rain down here simply runs off into drains, efforts to capture it are very poor I am afraid to say.  Fifty or a hundred years ago the cisterns would have been full, now they are neglected as water comes out of pipes doesn't it? A couple of weeks ago the situation was still pretty dire in many regions, it should have improved by now.

A few days ago this doom and gloom item was published by a noted academic. You don't need to know Portuguese to translate the heading.

https://www.dn.pt/portugal/interior/alteracoes-climaticas-podem-tornar-portugal-mais-seco-sem-praias-e-sem-turismo---especialista-9198613.html?utm_source=dn.pt&utm_medium=recomendadas&utm_campaign=afterArticle
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On a drive out to AdP several of the roadside fields we passed were flooded and underwater, we've never seen that before.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Patti Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22/March/2018 at 12:06
Yes I guess the dreaded climate change is to blame !
Hope there is more rain for the farmers and it stops just in time
for our visit in four weeks time !
But that’s what everyone wants 😊
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Chloe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23/March/2018 at 12:43
Originally posted by Andrew Andrew wrote:

On a drive out to AdP several of the roadside fields we passed were flooded and underwater, we've never seen that before.


Whenever there is heavy rain as we have had this past month, those fields get flooded. Obviously you have not been looking!!!!!
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Well excuse me!
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Fields may be flooded, but the water is not saved. Even so, the percentage of extreme drought has reduced from 75% in October 2017 to just 1.3% in February.

83% of the country was said to be in a condition of severe drought as of 28th February. We shall have to wait a few days before the figures are updated.

Information is at https://www.ipma.pt/pt/oclima/observatorio.secas/
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The data on the official site has not been updated as yet but word has it that we are now out of the mire as it were.
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