Storm Charles Shifts South, Triggering Rescue in Madeira and New Red Warnings
Portugal's weather service, IPMA, issued its first Red Rain Warnings of storm Charles on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, covering the districts of Lisboa and Setúbal from 12:34 p.m. to 3 p.m. local time; IPMA's warnings page showed the alert still in force as of 16:10 UTC on Nov. 11, 2026. IPMA rated the warning Red, the fourth and highest step on its own four-step colour scale, which the agency defines as a situation of extreme weather risk.
Spain's national weather service, AEMET, issued an Extreme rain warning for the south of Ávila province, forecasting 120 millimeters of rain over 12 hours and running from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. local time Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026; AEMET's warnings page showed the alert still in force as of 16:11 UTC on Nov. 11, 2026. The alert carries MeteoAlarm's awareness level 4, red, which its record labels Extreme.
In Madeira, a 74-year-old man was pulled alive from the rubble of a garage in São Roque after being reported missing, when a stream overflowed and swept away four cars, trapping him, RTP reported.
Portugal's Civil Protection agency counted 538 weather-related occurrences nationwide by midday on Nov. 11, 2026, CNN Portugal reported, as it said the storm's most serious impact was shifting south, toward the Alentejo and Algarve regions, with less severe effects now expected in Lisbon.
In the greater Lisbon area, heavy rain flooded streets and affected some shops in Algés, RTP reported. Storm Charles also caused hundreds of flight cancellations in Portugal, with Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon the hardest hit; many stranded passengers went to the airport seeking information, CNN Portugal reported.
