“Pure terror.” This is how Brazilian Alynne Susan describes the storm that devastated the city of Leiria. But the terror has not yet passed. “We are without water, with extremely unstable electricity, without internet and practically without means of communication. Everything fails at the same timeand the support does not arrive at the necessary speed and scale”, says the immigrant to DN Brazil.
Alynne has lived with her family in the city for four years and has never seen anything like it. “We live in days of great anguish, not knowing whether the situation will worsen overnight or with new rains.. It’s a nightmare. The fear is not just of losing material goods, but of something else happening”, he reports.
With high volumes of rain forecast in the coming days, the fear continues. “The river level has risen alarmingly, and we are seriously worried about the possibility of it overflowing even further and flooding our homes. We need support, help and solutions so that all this can pass”, he highlights.
The Brazilian feels that the city, as it is not the capital, is without help. “In addition to the material damage and risk, what hurts most is the feeling of abandonment. We, who live in the interior of Portugal, seem forgotten“, he says.
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Alynne’s house is in front of the bus station and Parque do Avião, completely devastated. “The roof of the bus station in front of my house came off in one piece. At the time of the winds, we heard the iron blows being thrown against the walls of our houses.s. Seeing this happen so close to us is difficult to describe. It’s pure terror,” he says.
For the immigrant, there was not enough warning about the danger of the storm. “An event of this magnitude should have been warned in advance. We see the example in the United States, where people are sometimes warned 24 hours in advance. I received the message from Civil Defense late in the afternoon”, he explains.
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