"In these incidents, there is only material damage; there is no record of victims so far," indicated the operations officer of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC), Telmo Ferreira, in statements to the Lusa news agency.

Of the total of 130 incidents recorded in mainland Portugal between midnight and 5:30 pm today, there are 50 road clearings, 26 fallen trees, 23 floods, 22 fallen structures and nine landslides, according to data from ANEPC.

Regarding the most affected regions, Civil Protection recorded 23 incidents in the North region, namely in the Porto Metropolitan Area, followed by Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, with 41, of which 14 were in Greater Lisbon, and the Central region, with 36, of which 13 were in the Viseu Dão Lafões sub-region.

Operations officer Telmo Ferreira also said that “one incident was recorded in Alentejo and one in the Algarve”.

“It is expected and noticeable that the effects of adverse weather are more pronounced in the North and Central regions,” he explained.

To attend to these incidents, ANEPC mobilised approximately 1,800 personnel, supported by 215 vehicles.

Telmo Ferreira pointed out that these 130 incidents result from the “initial effects of this adverse weather”, warning that the worst period will be Friday afternoon and, therefore, “the numbers will certainly increase”.

In this context, ANEPC sent a warning SMS to the population "to avoid exposure to unnecessary risks and also to avoid trips that are not justified, which can be postponed, namely to areas where snowfall and ice formation on roads are expected," highlighted the operations officer, also warning about coastal events, advising people to avoid traveling to the coastline as much as possible.

Civil Protection has placed almost the entire continental national territory on special alert level 3 from today to Saturday, due to the foreseeable impact of snow and rough seas from the passage of depression Ingrid.

This level is in effect between 4pm today and 11:59pm on Saturday.

At a press conference at the ANEPC headquarters in Carnaxide, in the municipality of Oeiras, Lisbon district, the national commander of this organization, Mário Silvestre, explained that, "with the exception of Central Alentejo and Lower Alentejo, the entire country" will be under this level of readiness (the scale goes from 1 to 4, with 4 being the highest).

Rain, snow, wind and rough seas are expected as effects of the passage of depression Ingrid through mainland Portugal, and the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) has issued several warnings, including for the districts of Braga, Porto, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real and Viseu, which will be under red alert (the most serious on a scale of three) because of snow from 00:00 today.