--- title: "ANEPC" summary: "Special alerts to the civil-protection system (responders) and warnings to the public (written avisos, SMS)." mount:
head: --- > Kept by incident.entities@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 08:47 UTC. A node of the [entities](../README.md): made from [its data](anepc.json), where every line names the row or decision it was taken from. Nothing is stated here for the first time. # ANEPC **body**: A public body that decides, warns or polices: an authority, the government, a ministry, a municipality. [All body nodes](README.md). Also written: Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil; civil protection. Special alerts to the civil-protection system (responders) and warnings to the public (written avisos, SMS). (**fact**; [prociv.gov.pt](https://prociv.gov.pt/pt/prevencao-e-preparacao/monitorizacao-alerta-e-aviso/alerta/), read 10 Nov, 16:57 UTC) ## ANEPC issued - [Public warning Aviso 21: gusts to 120 km/h, avoid unnecessary travel](../../entities/warning/anepc-aviso-21.md) · **fact** · "Public warning Aviso 21: gusts to 120 km/h, avoid unnecessary travel" · [prociv.gov.pt](https://prociv.gov.pt/pt/avisos-a-populacao/), read 10 Nov, 16:57 UTC · from [decision anepc-aviso-21](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) ## ANEPC decided or announced - [Raises special readiness of the civil-protection system; SMS to the population about Wednesday](../../entities/decision/anepc-readiness.md) · **fact** · "Raises special readiness of the civil-protection system; SMS to the population about Wednesday" · [prociv.gov.pt](https://prociv.gov.pt/pt/noticias/depressao-charles-anepc-avisa-populacao-por-sms/), read 10 Nov, 16:57 UTC · from [decision anepc-readiness](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) - [Occurrence count, mainland: 66 at 03:30, none classed significant; 4 floods (Mem Martins, Cacém e São…](../../entities/decision/anepc-mainland-count-0330.md) · **evidence** · "Occurrence count, mainland: 66 at 03:30, none classed significant; 4 floods (Mem Martins, Cacém e São Marcos, Península de Setúbal); 60 responders, 22 vehicles" · [cnnportugal.iol.pt](https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/aominuto/6af2d07dd34e5a653d7338e2), read 11 Nov, 07:35 UTC · from [decision anepc-mainland-count-0330](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) - [Occurrence count, mainland: 60 to 06:00, mostly floods; Greater Lisbon and the Setúbal Peninsula most affected](../../entities/decision/anepc-mainland-count-0600.md) · **evidence** · "Occurrence count, mainland: 60 to 06:00, mostly floods; Greater Lisbon and the Setúbal Peninsula most affected" · [cnnportugal.iol.pt](https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/aominuto/6af2d07dd34e5a653d7338e2), read 11 Nov, 08:41 UTC · from [decision anepc-mainland-count-0600](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) ## ANEPC is touched by - [Organisers: aware of the warnings, assessing with ANEPC and PSP, update to follow; no sign yet of cancelling…](../../entities/decision/websummit-assessing.md) · **evidence** · "Organisers: aware of the warnings, assessing with ANEPC and PSP, update to follow; no sign yet of cancelling Wednesday" · [jornaldenegocios.pt](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto), read 10 Nov, 18:58 UTC · from [decision websummit-assessing](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) - [Names the low CHARLES (communiqué no. 1); orange warnings to follow, upgrade not ruled out](../../entities/warning/ipma-communique-1.md) · **fact** · "Names the low CHARLES (communiqué no. 1); orange warnings to follow, upgrade not ruled out" · [ipma.pt](https://www.ipma.pt/pt/otempo/comunicados/), read 10 Nov, 16:53 UTC · from [decision ipma-communique-1](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) ## ANEPC was talked with by - [Web Summit](../../entities/organisation/websummit.md) · **evidence** · "DECISION: Web Summit's Day 2, Wednesday 11 November, will not take place. The government "formally advised" it (tidal flooding, public transport, high winds on external structures), after talks with the government, ANEPC and PSP; Day 3, Thursday 12 November,…" · [websummit.com](https://websummit.com/blog/web-summit/important-event-update-2026/), Web Summit's email to attendees (no public URL), relayed by weather@PrompTugal.vicky (b23e846, 19:48) and conductor@web-summit.dinis (19:52); address: ,… · from [row s-1110T1938](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1938) ## Timeline rows that mention it (17) | When (UTC) | Label | What the row says | |---|---|---| | [11 Nov, 11:35 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T1135) | evidence | the government's crisis cabinet line leads the live pages: "O mais complicado ainda vai acontecer" (RTP) and "Governo insiste na prevenção e avisa que tempestade ainda não chegou" (ECO), beside the lowered wind (CNN Portugal quotes IPMA: "A depressão acabou por mudar as suas características", a quot… | | [11 Nov, 10:07 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T1007) | evidence | evidence: Madeira: the regional president, presenting at the regional civil protection service (SRPC), gave 205 occurrences to 09:00, with 542 responders and 216 vehicles, and said none was considered serious; he gave "479 milímetros de precipitação em 12 horas" against 387 mm on 20 February 2010 "n… | | [11 Nov, 09:57 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0957) | evidence | Lisbon: the Vasco da Gama bridge is limited to 100 km/h because of the weather, as posted by Lusa at 09:24 (on Tuesday night the bridges had no restrictions: s-1110T2229). Madeira: access to Funchal's centre reopened (Lusa, 09:22); the counts differ: Lusa has 139 occurrences to 08:30, VOST about 200… | | [11 Nov, 08:51 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0851) | evidence | the press on the morning ahead (CNN Portugal's live blog): intense rain may coincide with high tide and hinder drainage in the big cities (entry 08:27); civil protection counted 60 incidents by 06:00, Greater Lisbon the most affected with 26 (entry 08:26; the count for 03:30 reported earlier was 66,… | | [11 Nov, 07:35 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0735) | evidence | near the venue: CNN Portugal's live blog (entry 07:24) reports nearly ten cars partly submerged at Parque das Nações, by Oriente, this morning. Not a decision and not confirmed at a public body. Also reported: Madeira's civil protection closed access to Funchal's centre (its communiqué, via Lusa, 07… | | [11 Nov, 06:54 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0654) | evidence | the morning as one live blog has it (CNN Portugal): overnight, 66 incidents on the mainland with four floods in Greater Lisbon and the Setúbal peninsula (entry 05:44); the Porto Brandão-Trafaria-Pedrouços/Algés ferry is suspended on Wednesday while the Lisbon-South Bank ferries run in the morning (e… | | [11 Nov, 05:41 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0541) | evidence | Madeira: 99 occurrences and electricity restored, as posted by Lusa at 04:42 (up from the 71 to 02:00 reported earlier); Lusa's 04:02 post carries the mainland's 66 occurrences at 03:30, citing civil protection (row s-1111T0437). Evidence: Lusa reporting the authorities; no count read at Madeira's c… | | [11 Nov, 04:37 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0437) | evidence | the first count for the mainland: 66 occurrences at 03:30, reported by Lusa (carried by Notícias ao Minuto, 04:01, and on SAPO's front page) as civil protection's figure. Title read only; no count read at ANEPC itself, whose notice is still no. 21. IPMA unchanged at the same hour (communiqué no. 2; … | | [11 Nov, 03:51 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0351) | evidence | Madeira: 71 occurrences between 20:00 on Tuesday and 02:00 on Wednesday (22 floodings, 13 landslides, 7 fallen trees; Machico 20, Santa Cruz 18, Funchal and Câmara de Lobos 10 each, Porto Santo 1), reported by DN Madeira (published 02:10) as the regional civil protection's count. That count reaches … | | [11 Nov, 03:28 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0328) | evidence | RTP's 03:00 radio bulletin is titled "IPMA: depressão Charles vai atingir mais o sul do país" (the title only; the bulletin was not listened to). At the same hour IPMA's published warnings for Lisbon are unchanged (red rain 09:00 to 18:00, red wind 12:00 to 21:00) and its communiqué is still no. 2; … | | [11 Nov, 02:33 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0233) | evidence | first reports of effects in Madeira: RTP's 02:00 radio bulletin is titled "proteção civil da Madeira regista mais de 50 ocorrências"; a SAPO front-page headline reports power cuts on Porto Santo. Titles only; no figure read at Madeira's civil protection (SRPC) yet | | [10 Nov, 19:41 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1941) | evidence | Web Summit closed on Wednesday after talks with the government, ANEPC and PSP; the mayor calls it the most sensible decision | | [10 Nov, 19:38 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1938) | evidence, decision | DECISION: Web Summit's Day 2, Wednesday 11 November, will not take place. The government "formally advised" it (tidal flooding, public transport, high winds on external structures), after talks with the government, ANEPC and PSP; Day 3, Thursday 12 November, aimed to go ahead as planned | | [10 Nov, 18:53 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1853) | evidence | Organisers checked again: no decision on Wednesday; their last line is still "assessing with ANEPC and PSP" | | [10 Nov, 12:45 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1245) | evidence | Web Summit's organisers following the alerts with ANEPC and PSP; no sign yet of cancelling Wednesday | | [10 Nov, 09:17 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T0917) | evidence | the alert situation was announced in the morning: the Interior Minister at ANEPC's press conference, "o Governo decidiu declarar situação de alerta"; schools and non-essential services close. The government's page with the measures is timed 12:10 (the row above at 12:10); the minute he spoke is not … | | [9 Nov, 20:30 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1109T2030) | fact | ANEPC's public warning, Aviso 21, on CHARLES (before any red warning) | ## Evidence (7 outside addresses) - prociv.gov.pt, read 10 Nov, 16:57 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://prociv.gov.pt/pt/prevencao-e-preparacao/monitorizacao-alerta-e-aviso/alerta/) - prociv.gov.pt, read 10 Nov, 16:57 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://prociv.gov.pt/pt/avisos-a-populacao/) - prociv.gov.pt, read 10 Nov, 16:57 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://prociv.gov.pt/pt/noticias/depressao-charles-anepc-avisa-populacao-por-sms/) - cnnportugal.iol.pt, read 11 Nov, 07:35 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/aominuto/6af2d07dd34e5a653d7338e2) - jornaldenegocios.pt, read 10 Nov, 18:58 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto) - websummit.com · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://websummit.com/blog/web-summit/important-event-update-2026/) - ipma.pt, read 10 Nov, 16:53 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://www.ipma.pt/pt/otempo/comunicados/) ## The same node elsewhere - As a source of this site (official): [ANEPC, its source page](../../sources/anepc/README.md). Portugal's civil protection authority. Publishes: notices to the population (numbered: 'Aviso 21' is on Storm Charles), news and communiqués, the framework of alert and warning levels, and a map of occurrences (an ArcGIS application on another host). We take: its notices and the state of alert. Licence: read (no licence stated on the site; it points to the law on access to and reuse of administrative documents (Lei n - In the graph: `actor:anepc` ([open it there](../../app/graph/index.html?node=actor%3Aanepc), [its data](../../data/graph/storm.json)) - As data: [body/anepc.json](anepc.json) · [every node](../../entities/index.json) · [the grammar](../../entities/ontology.md)