Lisbon, Feb. 13, 2026 (Lusa) - Traffic on the A1 Lisbon to Porto motorway has been cut since 5:40 a.m. at the Vila Franca de Xira tolls in Lisbon, in the northbound direction, due to the danger of a sign falling, said a source from the GNR.
The same source told the Lusa news agency that this closure of the A1 means motorists must exit onto national road 10, which connects Cacilhas (on the south bank of the Tagus) and Sacavém, and then re-enter the A1 at the Alhandra tolls.
According to the source, the traffic closure was decided as a precautionary measure and, at 7:30 a.m., there was still no estimate of how long it would take to resolve the situation.
Bad weather has caused several road closures in the country. On Thursday, access from the 25 de Abril Bridge to A5 motorway, which connects Lisbon to Cascais, was closed to traffic due to a landslide that had occurred on Wednesday.
According to the GNR, at 7:30 a.m., traffic was only blocked in the right-hand lane in the landslide area to allow work to remove earth from the road.
The bad weather also caused one of the Montego dykes near Coimbra to break, and as a result, the surface of the A1 collapsed and the authorities closed both lanes on Tuesday.
Traffic on the A1 remains closed between the Coimbra Norte and Coimbra Sul junctions in both directions.
Due to the worsening weather conditions, long-distance trains on the Northern Railway Line between Porto and Lisbon were suspended this morning for safety reasons.
On Thursday at 8 p.m., CP announced that it planned to partially resume eight long-distance trains today, four in each direction, between Porto and Lisbon, using different rolling stock than usual, and to provide a replacement bus service between Coimbra B and Pombal.
The Coimbra City Council is preparing to evacuate another 9,000 people, mainly in urban areas, if the scenario of a hundred-year flood is confirmed today.
As a result of the bad weather in Portugal, namely the passage of the Kristin, Leonardo and Marta depressions, sixteen people have died, and hundreds more have been injured or displaced.
The total or partial destruction of homes, businesses and equipment, fallen trees and structures, landslides, road closures, schools and transport services, and power, water and communications cuts, floods and inundations are the main material consequences of the storm.
The Central, Lisbon and Tagus Valley and Alentejo regions are the most affected.
The government has extended the state of emergency until Sunday for 68 municipalities and announced support measures worth up to €2.5 billion.
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