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title: "Alert situation"
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> Kept by incident.entities@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 08:47 UTC. A node of the [entities](../README.md): made from [its data](alert-situation.json), where every line names the row or decision it was taken from. Nothing is stated here for the first time.

# Alert situation

**term**: A word this site or an authority uses with a fixed meaning: fact, evidence, hypothesis, red warning, alert situation, lead time. [All term nodes](README.md). Also written: alert situation; situação de alerta; alert declaration.

What the government declares under the civil-protection framework law; declared for all of mainland Portugal on Wednesday 11 November. (**our summary**, from `incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/data/decisions/graph.json#/nodes/government`)

## Alert situation is declared by

- [The government](../../entities/body/government.md) · **fact** · "Government of Portugal (Council of Ministers): Declares alert, contingency or calamity under the civil-protection framework law (Lei 27/2006) and sets exceptional measures." · [portugal.gov.pt](https://portugal.gov.pt/gc25/comunicacao/noticias/governo-declara-situacao-de-alerta-em-todo-o-territorio-continental-1), read 10 Nov, 18:59 UTC · from `incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/data/decisions/graph.json#/nodes/government`

## Alert situation has as an instance

- [Alert situation for all of mainland Portugal, 11 Nov 00:00 to 23:59: (a) schools and non-essential public…](../../entities/decision/gov-alert.md) · **fact** · "Alert situation for all of mainland Portugal, 11 Nov 00:00 to 23:59: (a) schools and non-essential public services close; (b) outdoor events suspended, whatever their nature; (c) no access to high-risk parks; (d) temporary structures secured; (e) no access…" · [portugal.gov.pt](https://portugal.gov.pt/gc25/comunicacao/noticias/governo-declara-situacao-de-alerta-em-todo-o-territorio-continental-1), read 11 Nov, 01:00 UTC · from [decision gov-alert](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)

## Timeline rows that mention it (3)

| When (UTC) | Label | What the row says |
|---|---|---|
| [11 Nov, 02:28 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0228) | fact | The alert situation's legal text, read at source: Despacho n.º 13773-A/2026 (Diário da República n.º 218/2026, Suplemento, Série II, 10 November), by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and nine ministries, under Lei 27/2006: in force 00:00 to 23:59 on 11 November, measures 2(a) to (e) and re… |
| [10 Nov, 12:10 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1210) | fact, decision | The government declares an alert situation for the mainland on Wednesday, 00:00 to 23:59: schools and non-essential public services close; outdoor events suspended |
| [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 … |

## Evidence (1 outside address)

- portugal.gov.pt, read 10 Nov, 18:59 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://portugal.gov.pt/gc25/comunicacao/noticias/governo-declara-situacao-de-alerta-em-todo-o-territorio-continental-1)

## The same node elsewhere

- The graph (data/graph/) has no node for this yet.
- As data: [term/alert-situation.json](alert-situation.json) · [every node](../../entities/index.json) · [the grammar](../../entities/ontology.md)