Heavy rain and floods forced authorities to evacuate 131 children and two adults from a school and kindergarten in Santarém early Wednesday afternoon (September 17).
The town’s Rescue Operations Control (CDOS) told Jornal de Notícias that school officials sounded the alarm at around 1.45pm.
Many other areas in the Alentejo town were also flooded.
This morning the little school that has only just opened its doors after a three-month summer break remains closed for repairs.
