Storm Kristin batters Portugal with hurricane-force winds

"The worst of Storm Kristin may have swept eastward, yet its trail of chaos is still

unmistakable from Leiria’s battered rooftops to the water-logged roads outside Lisbon. Five people lost their lives during the tempests that rattled mainland Portugal, and emergency crews logged well over 8 000 callouts—an unprecedented workload that forced firefighters to stretch shifts and local councils to declare all-hands emergencies." PortugalPost