Portugal braces for more rain - 200,000 without power

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Portugal braces for more rain - 200,000 without power
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Heavy rain and winds of up to 28 meters per second are expected to hit Portugal over the next 24 hours.

The national weather authority, IPMA, has put the entire Portuguese mainland on alert until Monday.

Around 200,000 customers are still without power several days after Storm Kristin swept across the country, resulting in five deaths.

Portugal's civil protection agency warns that the new rainy weather could cause flooding in urban areas and trigger landslides and rockfalls.

Prime Minister Luis Montenegro declared a state of disaster on Thursday, a level below a state of emergency, for the hardest-hit areas.

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