Which Portuguese municipalities officially published emergency decrees or service interruptions after Storm Kristin?
Executive summary
Portugal’s central government officially declared a disaster / state of calamity covering 69 municipalities in the wake of Storm Kristin and extended that status through at least 8 February as part of a national emergency response and a €2.5–3.0 billion support package (government communiqué; Reuters) [1] [2]. Local reporting and government documents name specific municipalities in addenda (for example Águeda, Albergaria‑a‑Velha, Alcácer do Sal, Aveiro, Estarreja, Ílhavo, Murtosa, Ovar and Sever do Vouga), but the sources provided do not include a single, complete list of all 69 municipalities in their snippets, so the full official roster cannot be reproduced here from the material supplied [3].
1. Government decree: “disaster situation” / state of calamity declared for dozens of councils
The national Council of Ministers formally decreed a disaster situation in areas hardest hit by Storm Kristin and extended a previously declared state of calamity to cover some 69 municipalities as part of emergency measures approved at an extraordinary cabinet meeting; the decree was linked to a package of recovery measures and moratoria intended to speed reconstruction and financial relief (XXV Constitutional Government release; Reuters) [1] [2].
2. Which municipalities are explicitly named in the official materials provided
The government’s published addendum to the decree (CMR 15‑B/2026 referenced in the communiqué) explicitly lists a subset of municipalities affected by floods or severe risk — snippets name Águeda, Albergaria‑a‑Velha, Alcácer do Sal, Aveiro, Estarreja, Ílhavo, Murtosa, Ovar and Sever do Vouga — demonstrating that the government publicly appended specific municipal names to the disaster declaration even though the supplied excerpts do not show all 69 names [3].
3. Service interruptions and municipal-level emergency actions reported by media
Multiple news reports and local outlets documented widespread interruptions to electricity, water and communications across scores of municipalities — outlets cited “around 68” municipalities left without basic services at the peak of the crisis, with hundreds of thousands of customers reported without power and prolonged outages in central districts such as Leiria and Coimbra (Portugal Resident; Wikipedia; Reuters) [4] [5] [2]. Reuters reported that nearly 170,000 households remained without power at one point, underscoring the scale of service disruption tied to the government’s emergency designations [2].
4. Local authorities pushing for emergency decrees and differing emphases
Municipal leaders such as Leiria’s mayor publicly urged higher emergency status and a stronger national response — a dynamic visible in coverage that shows mayors pressing for a “state of emergency” while Lisbon moved to extend a state of calamity and roll out financial aid; this highlights a potential tension between local demands for immediate, expansive measures and central government classifications and timelines (BBC; Reuters) [6] [7]. Some local councils also announced support operations—psychological aid and cancelled events to prioritise reconstruction—documented in municipal and regional reporting (Wikipedia) [5].
5. What the record here cannot confirm and how to find the complete list
The sourced reporting clearly states the government declared a disaster/calamity for 69 municipalities and provides examples of named councils in official addenda, but the material supplied does not include a complete, consolidated list of all 69 municipal names; therefore a definitive, item‑by‑item answer would require consulting the full government decree (CMR 15‑B/2026) or the official publication on the government portal cited in the communiqué for the complete annex (XXV Constitutional Government) [3].