O Presidente da República esteve presente na 12.ª edição do Festival Internacional de Música de Marvão, nas Ruínas da Cidade Romana de Ammaia, num concerto dirigido pelo maestro e diretor artístico do Festival, Christoph Poppen, com obras dos compositores Alice Yeung, Haydn, Mozart e Beethoven.
Madrid a assuré samedi que la quasi-totalité des dizaines de milliers de migrants entrés illégalement dans l'enclave espagnole de Ceuta étaient repartis. Face à cette crise migratoire, les ministres de l'Intérieur des pays de l'UE vont se réunir mardi pour apporter "une réponse européenne immédiate et coordonnée".
Um acidente rodoviário grave provocou uma vítima mortal, na tarde deste sábado, 1 de agosto, na Estrada Nacional 5 (EN5), no concelho de Palmela.
O sinistro, classificado como uma colisão rodoviária, ocorreu pelas 15h19 ao quilómetro 17,836 da EN5, no troço que liga Rio Frio ao Poceirão, mais concretamente na zona de Forninho, na União das Freguesias de Poceirão e Marateca. Devido à gravidade da ocorrência e para permitir os trabalhos das equipas de emergência, a estrada esteve totalmente cortada ao trânsito.
Para o local foram mobilizados de imediato os meios de socorro da Península de Setúbal. Segundo as informações operacionais, o teatro de operações contou com a intervenção de 9 operacionais, apoiados por 4 viaturas, maioritariamente dos corpos de bombeiros.
O tráfego na zona permanece interrompido por tempo indeterminado enquanto decorrem os procedimentos habituais e a limpeza da via, recomendando-se aos condutores a máxima precaução e a utilização de rotas alternativas.
Por: Dino Frazão Site: OSMONHACAS.COM Data: 1 de agosto de 2026
Ameaça transcontinental coloca países como Portugal e vizinhos no centro do desafio; fumaça tóxica oriunda dos incêndios florestais já não conhece fronteiras, atravessando continentes e ameaçando a saúde de milhões de pessoas.
What’s shaking about water ice deposits on the Moon? Turns out that assessing how seismic waves propagate on the Moon could be used to locate and map ice buried beneath the lunar surface. A new study by geologists at the University of Maryland (UMD), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Hawaii shows that […]
Uma colisão frontal entre duas viaturas ligeiras de passageiros provocou três feridos, este sábado, 1 de agosto, na Estrada Nacional 109 (EN109), na localidade de Seixo de Mira, no concelho de Mira.
O sinistro ocorreu ao quilómetro 79,555, logo a seguir à rotunda que dá acesso à zona industrial de Mira, no sentido Mira. Devido à gravidade da ocorrência e para permitir as operações de socorro e limpeza da via, o trânsito esteve totalmente cortado nos dois sentidos.
O acidente mobilizou de imediato vários meios de socorro para o local. Segundo as informações recolhidas, o alerta ativou um total de 15 operacionais, apoiados por 6 viaturas, maioritariamente dos corpos de bombeiros da região.
À chegada ao teatro de operações, as equipas de emergência encontraram três vítimas: dois homens, com idades compreendidas entre os 49 e os 70 anos, e uma mulher também de 70 anos. Todos receberam assistência médica e, até ao momento, o tráfego na zona permanece congestionado, pelo que se recomenda aos automobilistas a escolha de caminhos alternativos.
Por: Dino Frazão Site: OSMONHACAS.COM Data: 1 de agosto de 2026
Lt. Col. William Henry Rankin was a decorated US Marine Corps fighter pilot who flew combat missions in World War II and the Korean War. His greatest ordeal, however, came in peacetime.
On July 26, 1959, he ejected from an F-8 Crusader straight into a massive thunderstorm. And he lived to tell the tale.
The Vought F-8 Crusader was a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air-superiority fighter designed for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Known as the “Last of the Gunfighters,” it was the final American fighter built with guns as its primary armament at a time when missiles were rapidly taking over. The aircraft entered service in 1957.
In May 1957, Rankin took command of Marine Fighter Squadron 122 (VMF-122). The following year, it became the first Marine squadron to operate the F-8 Crusader.
In 1959, he catapulted to fame for surviving what seemed like an impossible incident with the Crusader.
The Story Of Rankin’s Riding A Thunderstorm
On the afternoon of July 26, 1959, Rankin led a two-ship flight with wingman Lt. Herbert Nolan from Naval Air Station South Weymouth, Massachusetts, back to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina.
During the flight, the pilots encountered a large cumulonimbus thunderstorm.
Typically, thunderstorms pose severe threats to fighter jets, including extreme turbulence, powerful updrafts and downdrafts, hail, lightning, icing, and torrential rain. So, fighter pilots are trained to climb above the storm to prevent damage to their aircraft.
The F-8 Crusader’s strong climb performance and high service ceiling of about 50,000 feet made this a practical choice for Rankin on that fateful day.
Rankin climbed his F-8 fighter jet to 47,000 feet at a speed of Mach 0.82 over a massive cumulonimbus cloud that peaked at about 45,000 feet.
While on this quest, he suddenly heard a loud, unprecedented bump and rumble from the aircraft’s engine. He instantly knew something was wrong with his jet.
The engine immediately stopped producing power, a bit of bad news that was delivered to Rankin by a bright fire warning light.
Acting swiftly to arrest the threat, Rankin immediately pulled the lever to deploy auxiliary power, but instead of saving his jet, it snapped in his hand.
Lt. Col William Rankin (Via X)
At this point, Lt. Col Rankin knew he had to eject, which was a formidable challenge without a pressure suit at that altitude.
As soon as he ejected and touched what is believed to be -58 to -60 degree air, his body started to fail. The veteran fighter pilot who had braved enemies in the wars he fought through his career was now struggling for survival—he suffered frostbite, the decompression caused his stomach to bloat, and he started to bleed from his mouth, nose, and ears. The only respite, at least initially, was that he had an emergency oxygen supply.
The chances of survival were grim, something Rankin was fully aware of.
“I was convinced I would not survive; no human could”, Rankin later wrote in his book “The Man Who Rode the Thunder”.
“The pain of ‘explosive’ decompression was unbearable,” he recalled in his book, which has been widely read by aviation enthusiasts globally. “I could feel my abdomen distending, stretching, stretching, stretching, until I thought it would burst. My eyes felt as though they were being ripped from their sockets, my head as if it were splitting into several parts, my ears bursting inside, and throughout my entire body, there were severe cramps.”
However, he also bravely emphasizes, “I was terrified, but not petrified. It’s a brave distinction of terms.”
After roughly five minutes of free fall, Rankin realized his parachute had not opened. The system was designed to deploy automatically at about 10,000 feet via a barometric switch, allowing the pilot to reach denser, breathable air before the canopy opened. The already disoriented pilot began to worry that the parachute’s auto-deployment system may have been broken, causing his only chance at survival to fail.
Unfortunately, though, he was now in for a completely different kind of challenge.
As he was passing through a massive thunderstorm with zero visibility, the parachute opened prematurely as the violent pressure fluctuations, updrafts, and turbulence inside the cumulonimbus cloud “fooled” the barometric sensor.
Once under the open canopy of the parachute, Rankin was far more vulnerable to the storm’s powerful vertical currents. The long descent increased the risk of his death from cold or asphyxiation. Additionally, it meant that he was dangerously caught in the up-and-down draft of the storm system, which buffeted the pilot thousands of feet into the air before dragging him back down. And that’s exactly what happened.
Ten minutes into the ordeal, he began vomiting from the violent spinning and pounding even as lightning flashed around him—later described as blue blades several feet thick.
The rain was so dense that he repeatedly inhaled or swallowed water with every breath and had to hold his breath to avoid choking. “Gasping for air, swollen, bleeding, and battered by hail, it was as though I were under a swimming pool, and I had held my breath several times,” wrote Rankin.
For Rankin, this was akin to “drowning in the sky.”
For about forty minutes, he was battered by hail, nearly drowned by torrential rain, and subjected to lightning and extreme turbulence.
“I didn’t hear the thunder, I felt it,” Rankin wrote in his book.
Thankfully, the storm’s intensity eventually decreased, allowing the pilot to finally avoid its drafts. Then, the rain that had threatened to drown him gave way to a comforting summer shower, and the air got substantially warmer.
Lt. Col Rankin and his parachute, which had endured unimaginable turbulence and the ferocity of nature, had miraculously survived the thunderstorm.
Soon, he approached the forests of North Carolina’s backcountry, got entangled in a tree, cut away from it, and landed on the ground.
Battered, frostbitten, bleeding, rain-soaked, and covered in vomit, he stumbled through the woods using a search pattern until he found a country road. “Lying on my left side. I simply could not believe that I was on the earth—that I had survived,” he later wrote.
Several cars passed before a motorist stopped, drove him to a nearby country store, and allowed him to call for an ambulance. He collapsed while waiting and was taken to a hospital in Ahoskie, North Carolina. Rankin spent several weeks recovering but sustained no permanent long-term injuries from the forty-minute ordeal and soon returned to duty.
Rankin gained widespread recognition for his iconic and unbelievable battle with the thunderstorm after he returned to active service.
Having survived a 40-minute thunderstorm in the air, he lived for 50 more years before passing away at 89 in 2009.
Nevertheless, Lt. Col Rankin is still remembered—nearly 70 years after the incident—as the only man who defeated a thunderstorm.
Contact the author at sakshi.tiwari13 (at) outlook.com
The University Network for Human Rights (UNHR) will host a press conference on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, ahead of a landmark public hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The hearing -- "United States: Freedom of Expression and the Right to Peaceful Assembly" -- marks the first time the Commission has held a thematic hearing focused specifically on this issue in the United States. It is also the only hearing focused on the United States during the Commission's current session. “For years, the Commission has heard testimony about attacks on protesters carried out by some of the region’s most repressive dictatorships. Now, it is the United States that will be called to answer for these abuses,” said James Cavallaro, ex-President of the IACHR.
The Commission will hear directly from victims, their attorneys, and experts on excessive force used by the United States to suppress freedom of expression and peaceful assembly during immigration-related protests. The United States government is expected to participate and respond to testimonies by petitioners and questions from Commissioners. The hearing will take place on August 4, 2026, from 4:00–5:30 p.m. EDT at IACHR Headquarters, 1889 F Street NW, Washington, DC.
WHAT: Press Conference on IACHR Hearing on Excessive Use of Force by U.S. Agents
WHEN: Tuesday, August 4, 2026, 2:00–3:30 p.m. EDT
WHERE: Regus, 1500 K Street NW, Room MR-239, Washington, DC 20005
James Cavallaro, Executive Director, University Network for Human Rights; former Commissioner (2014–2017) and President (2016–2017) of the IACHR
Antonio Romanucci, civil rights attorney representing the family of Renée Good and former counsel to the family of George Floyd
Rev. David Black, witness struck in the head with a pepper-ball projectile by federal agents while protesting outside the Broadview Detention Facility in Chicago
Locke Bowman, attorney for Rev. David Black
Susan Akram, Director, International Human Rights Clinic, Boston University
Naureen Shah, Director of Government Affairs, Equality Division at the ACLU
O Presidente da República felicita a Seleção Nacional de Endurance pela conquista do título de Campeã da Europa por Equipas no Campeonato da Europa de Juniores e Jovens Cavaleiros, disputado a 31 de julho em Jullianges, França, com a participação de 22 países. A equipa foi composta por António Maria Lopes Avó, com SW Kiwikulum, Carolina Balsas, com Alsila, Manuel Maria Pereira, com Ainhoa Almili, Rodrigo Buinho, com Amuleto de Guadarranque, e Zoe Pedro, com Nero das Tapadas.
Today, Families USA, along with hundreds of other consumer, patient, community, and health stakeholder groups submitted comments by today’s deadline to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding CMS’s interim final rule to implement work reporting requirements. Our comments warned of the impacts on Medicaid and the millions of people who rely on the program for health coverage. In response, Families USA Executive Director Anthony Wright issued the following statement:
“Just over one year ago, Congressional Republicans passed the biggest cuts to Medicaid in history, and now the administration is making a bad budget bill worse with additional restrictive regulations. Our comments submitted today spotlight how these Administration rules are unworkable and unlawful, and how they undermine these key public coverage programs. The regulations are a tragic way to mark this week’s 61st anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid — pillars of our health care system that millions have relied on for generations.
“In a health care system that is already overstretched, inordinately expensive, and wildly complex and confusing, these new paperwork requirements will push patients off coverage – not because they aren’t working or not eligible, but because of bureaucratic burdens. While many in Congress promised they would protect the vulnerable and medically frail from these paperwork burdens, the new requirements to get such an exemption are now exponentially more burdensome for both patients and providers.
“By tacking on “capacity to work” to the definition of medically frail and phasing out self-attestation, CMS has handed states an unwise and unworkable program without the resources or structure to implement it.
“The requirement that a patient doesn’t just need to have cancer or another condition but must produce the equivalent of a doctor’s note with a finding that the conditions leave them unable to work—is nowhere in the underlying statute, and unworkable.
“CMS has designed a program akin to determinations made by the Social Security Administration for determining eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI). SSI's disability-determination system took decades and billions of dollars to build, relying on a nationwide network of trained adjudicators, detailed federal medical criteria, and safeguards like compassionate allowances for the most serious conditions and multi-year redetermination periods. Such a rule would require setting up, in mere months, a regulatory structure bigger and more complicated than Social Security’s disability determination system, which after 50 years of maturity costs $4.6 billion a year to administer for 7.4 million recipients. For comparison, the budget bill provides less than 5% of that amount, $200 million, to implement.
“CMS is asking states to replicate that system from scratch, for a Medicaid population several times larger, in a matter of months, with almost no federal guidance, no clinical standards for providers, and none of SSI's basic protections. Families USA estimates the added administrative cost of these work-capacity assessments alone could exceed $4.8 billion a year — on top of the billions states are already spending to stand up work-reporting systems.
“It took the federal government fifty years and billions of dollars to build a disability determination system that still leaves people waiting seven months for an answer. CMS expects states to build something similar for Medicaid in under six months, with no playbook, no dedicated staff, and none of the safeguards that make SSI even marginally workable. The people who will pay for that gap aren't bureaucrats — they're cancer patients, people in mental health crises, and people with disabilities who will lose coverage while paperwork catches up to their diagnosis.
“The implementation deadline of January 1 is looming large, and we hope that over these next few months, CMS takes a long hard look at the thousands of comments it has received from patients and health care providers impacted by the agency’s rash and burdensome new requirements.”
Families USA has also joined the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), Community Catalyst, First Focus Campaign for Children, and National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), in another statement opposing this final rule. Read the full partner statement.
Turkey has startled the world with its rapid rise in military technology, particularly in drone warfare. However, it is now charging full steam ahead with the development and testing of the KAAN combat aircraft, a move that will place it in the elite group of nations with stealth fighters
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) recently released a video of KAAN’s new prototype performing powered taxi testing, suggesting that the first flight may be imminent. The video, posted on X, shows the aircraft moving on its own, verifying the functionality of the engine, brakes, steering, and flight control systems prior to flight clearance.
The new prototype, known as P1, is based on the original P0, which flew for the first time in February 2024, as EurAsian Times reported at the time.
However, the P1 is considered a more mature aircraft that will be crucial to the fighter development and testing campaign. The P0 prototype was constructed to confirm the aircraft’s fundamental flight characteristics, flight control system, and core platform. The P1, by contrast, incorporates a more advanced systems architecture and is intended to carry the bulk of performance, avionics, and mission-systems validation.
Notably, a second prototype, P2, remains in parallel production and integration, with the goal of having both aircraft flying by the end of 2026 to accelerate the test campaign through concurrent work.
— Türk Havacılık Uzay Sanayii (@TUSAS_TR) July 31, 2026
TAI CEO Mehmet Demiroğlu earlier stated e that the company hopes to see KAAN airborne within a few months and aims to have the second aircraft flying by year-end. “We hope to see KAAN in the sky within a few months. We also aim to fly the second aircraft by the end of the year. Our goal is to have two KAANs flying one after the other, or side by side, at year-end,” Demiroglu said at the Farnborough Airshow in the UK last month
Turkey plans three pre-production prototypes followed by series production of 250 aircraft. A deal was reportedly signed last month for 20 units of the original Block 10 KAAN
Notably, the P1 symbolizes the Kaan program’s evolution from a technology demonstrator into a developmental test fleet. It demonstrates that the program is proceeding at a speed to match the aspirational schedule of delivering the jets to the Turkish Air Force by 2028.
In addition to accelerated development and testing, the KAAN received another big boost last month when the US cleared for export the General Electric-made F110 engines initially destined to power the plane, removing a major roadblock in the program. Simultaneously, TAI is advancing work on the indigenous TF35000, which will power the aircraft in the long run, as EurAsian Times reported earlier.
TAI KAAN P1 prototype conducted taxi test
The induction of the KAAN fighter will transform the Turkish Air Force, which has been operating aging F-16s since Ankara’s removal from the F-35 program in 2019 over its purchase of Russia’s S-400. The expulsion pushed Turkey to develop its own advanced fighter, aiming to achieve technological sovereignty and reduce dependence on the US.
More significantly, KAAN is Turkey’s most ambitious defense project in decades, positioning the country among the select group of nations that have independently designed and built a fifth-generation stealth aircraft. This progress aligns with Ankara’s broader emergence as a major defense producer and innovator, most notably in drones.
Turkey seems to be overtly prioritizing stealth, as evidenced by the development of KAAN. The KAAN is a twin-engine, single-seat stealth fighter featuring internal weapons bays, low-observable shape, and composite materials that improve stealth by lowering weight and radar signature. Furthermore, it carries a range of weapons internally, including air-to-air and air-to-ground munitions, such as indigenous Gökdoğan (BVR) and Bozdoğan (WVR) missiles, to bolster lethality while preserving stealth.
Alongside the manned fighter, Turkey continues advancing stealth unmanned systems. This includes the Anka-3, the first flying-wing, deep-strike drone developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries. According to reports, this stealthy unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) is currently advancing toward serial production, with design upgrades to intakes, exhausts, antennas, and other components.
More importantly, Turkey’s list of unmanned stealth aircraft prominently features the Kizilelma, an unmanned fighter jet expected to conduct a wide range of military operations.
The Bayraktar Kızılelma incorporates low-observable design features. It is routinely described by Baykar and Turkish defense officials as a low-RCS (radar cross-section) unmanned fighter. In fact, the Kizilelma recently conducted a weapons-firing test that further added to its stealth characteristics.
Stealthy Kizilelma Fired From Internal Weapons Bay
Last month, Kizilelma successfully conducted its first live-fire tests from its internal weapons bay, achieving direct hits. The test was reportedly conducted at the Corlu Flight Training and Test Center in the northwestern province of Tekirdag, using the production model with tail number S2 and Roketsan’s TEBER-82 munition and TOLUN munitions.
Baykar hailed the test as a historic milestone that confirms the jet’s ability to attack with precision while maintaining a low radar signature.
It is worth mentioning that external weapons, pylons, and the cavities they create dramatically increase an aircraft’s RCS. In fact, even a well-shaped low-observable airframe loses much of its stealth advantage once munitions are hung outside.
By successfully firing precision-guided munitions from the internal bay on the serial prototype, Kızılelma demonstrated that it can carry and release weapons without compromising its clean, low-RCS airframe, conduct stand-in or penetrating attacks in contested airspace while remaining harder to detect, and maintain higher speed and better aerodynamic efficiency.
“Thanks to its internal weapons bay, Kizilelma will be able to penetrate deep into hostile territory and strike using indigenous munitions while maintaining a low radar signature,” Baykar said, adding that internal carriage allows it to function “more effectively in areas with dense air defense coverage.
The Kizilelma is a stealthy multi-role unmanned platform designed for air-to-air combat, air-to-ground strikes, ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance), close air support (CAS), missile strikes, suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), and destruction of enemy air defenses (DEAD), among other things.
“Bayraktar Kizilelma made its first flight in 2022. Since then, intensive flight activities have continued. Serial production was completed last year, and our goal this year is to place Kizilelma into service for Türkiye,” Bayraktar said at SAHA 2026.
The platform integrates Artificial Intelligence and can be operated out of aircraft carriers, according to the manufacturer, although those capabilities are still being refined. Moreover, it can fly alongside KAAN in a manned-unmanned teaming configuration (MUMT), adding what is referred to as “affordable mass” and substantially reducing the risk to manned fighters in contested environments,
If the current trajectory holds, KAAN and stealthy unmanned platforms will strengthen Turkish airpower and advance Ankara’s goal of self-reliance.
Contact the author at sakshi.tiwari13 (at) outlook.com
Um ferido ligeiro é o resultado de um acidente ocorrido na manhã deste sábado, pouco depois das 7h00, no IC2, ao quilómetro 191,8, no sentido Norte-Sul, entre a Pedrulha e Coimbra.
O alerta foi dado às 7h29 e tratou-se de um despiste que envolveu duas viaturas. Segundo o Diário de Coimbra, um dos veículos ficou tombado lateralmente a ocupar as duas vias de rodagem, enquanto a outra viatura ficou imobilizada na berma com danos significativos.
À chegada das equipas de socorro, o condutor da viatura tombada — um jovem de 26 anos — já se encontrava no exterior do veículo. A vítima sofreu ferimentos ligeiros e foi encaminhada para os Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra por uma ambulância da Cruz Vermelha.
Devido ao aparato do acidente e para garantir a segurança das operações de socorro, o trânsito esteve condicionado durante algum tempo, processando-se de forma lenta através da berma.
No local estiveram 18 operacionais apoiados por 6 viaturas, numa resposta que envolveu os Bombeiros Sapadores de Coimbra, os Bombeiros Voluntários de Coimbra, a PSP, a Cruz Vermelha e a VMER.
In Ucraina è in corso una guerra imperialista o fratricida? In questa puntata di Casa del SoleTV, Clara Statello intervista lo storico e saggista Paolo Borgognone per smontare la narrazione dominante e analizzare le radici storiche, culturali e geopolitiche del conflitto tra Russia e Ucraina. Dalla dissoluzione dell’URSS alla costruzione dell’identità nazionale ucraina, dal concetto di “derussificazione” al ruolo del nazionalismo, fino alla figura degli oligarchi russi e alla stagione di Boris Eltsin: un confronto ricco di spunti per comprendere uno dei conflitti più decisivi del nostro tempo. Dicci la tua nei commenti: Secondo te è ancora possibile una riconciliazione tra russi e ucraini? Lascia un Like se hai apprezzato l’intervista. Condividi questo video per sostenere un’informazione libera. Iscriviti al canale e attiva la campanella per non perdere i prossimi approfondimenti. Se vuoi sostenere il nostro lavoro puoi acquistare un Super Grazie: è un aiuto concreto per permetterci di continuare a realizzare interviste e analisi indipendenti. #Russia#Ucraina#PaoloBorgognone#CasaDelSoleTV#Geopolitica#Putin#Zelensky#URSS#Storia#RelazioniInternazionali#Europa#Analisi
Im Gegensatz zu anderen europäischen Staaten verfügt Griechenland immer noch über sehr große Reserven an Patriot-Luftabwehrraketen, die Kiew so dringend braucht, während die anderen EU-Staaten ihre Patriotraketen schon weitgehend an die Ukraine übergeben haben. Angesichts des akuten Mangels der Ukraine an Luftabwehr wächst nun der Druck aus Brüssel auf Griechenland, der Ukraine seine Raketen zu […]
A strong earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.7, was distinctly felt in various neighborhoods of Naples around 7:45 PM. The epicenter was located in the Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) at a depth of 2.6 km.
According to Italian TV RAI News, “It’s the strongest tremor in 40 years.”
Power outages occurred from Pizzo Falcone to Fuorigrotta. Many people, frightened, took to the streets. Dozens of calls were made to the fire department for stuck elevators in buildings or collapsing debris. Firefighters were also working to check the stability of buildings.
Damage was also reported in Pozzuoli. The Municipality of Pozzuoli has activated the Municipal Operations Center (COC) to coordinate all monitoring and assistance activities for the population.
The seismic swarm affecting the Campi Flegrei area continued unabated throughout the night. After the main 4.7 magnitude quake recorded at 7:46 PM, seismographs detected at least thirty aftershocks of varying intensity, including the strongest magnitude 3.8 at 10:00 PM and the last magnitude 1.6 shortly after midnight. In Pozzuoli, many residents chose to spend the night outside, fearful of returning after the constant tremors.
Despite this, no evacuation plan has been implemented, except for the emergency plan, which, in the event of a volcanic eruption, would be virtually useless…
The Civil Protection Department’s primary task remains to monitor the damage and damaged infrastructure.
The tuff rock collapses in two places: a boulder on top of a car – VIDEO
The tuff rock overlooking Via Napoli, in the municipality of Pozzuoli, collapsed in two places.
Specifically, one of the two collapses affected an open area of a private condominium and involved a car and a scooter. As clearly visible in one of the many videos circulating on social media, a boulder broke away from the rock and fell on the car, crushing it completely.
There were no people present at the time of the collapse. The municipality of Pozzuoli reported extensive damage, primarily in the downtown area near the epicenter of the magnitude 4.7 earthquake, in the Solfatara area. The situation has been particularly severe in the historic center, on Via Napoli, and in the amphitheater area. The municipality has received hundreds of reports of fallen plaster and is therefore evaluating its response priorities.
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Two Seriously Injured and Pozzoli Pier Closed: Ferry Connections to Ischia and Procida Suspended
During the Crisis Unit meeting, chaired by Italian Department Head Fabio Ciciliano, the number of injured was updated to 21, two of whom were classified as critical. To ensure assistance to the population, 185 beds have been set up in the Palatrincone reception area in Pozzuoli.
The magnitude 4.7 earthquake, centered in the Campi Flegrie area, caused damage to the Pozzuoli pier, which is currently unusable. The Port Authority has therefore prohibited its use.
The port of Pozzuoli has been closed following the strong earthquake recorded this evening. The earthquake caused deep cracks in the access lanes to the commercial port’s docks, raising concerns about safety and stability.
For this reason, all maritime connections to and from the Campi Flegrei have been suspended. The closure will result in the suspension of over forty daily ferry and high-speed ferry services scheduled to and from Ischia and Procida.
Following the earthquake in the Phlegraean Fields area, a high-voltage pylon operated by Terna collapsed. Thanks to coordination with technicians from E-Distribuzione, which manages the underlying medium-voltage grid, other functioning sections of the grid were used to restore power to customers.
Greece’s Civil Protection has issued a RED ALERT warning for two regions (Category 5) and Very High Risk of Fire (Category 4) in several regions for Saturday, August 1, 2026. The warning comes as the country has been facing big wildfires for the fourth consecutive day, as gale-force winds blowing with intensity of up to […]
A Praia do Evaristo é um refúgio de biodiversidade em Albufeira, perfeito para quem procura uma ligação direta com a natureza pura.
Situada longe da influência urbana e integrada em sistemas naturais sensíveis, esta pequena enseada de areia dourada destaca-se pelo seu caráter rochoso e pelas arribas baixas, artisticamente recortadas pelo tempo.
O grande diferencial do Evaristo está “escondido” à vista de todos: enormes blocos rochosos espalham-se pelo areal e mergulham no mar, criando um autêntico aquário natural.
Nas rochas é possível encontrar cracas, mexilhões, lapas e anémonas que dão cor às paredes e dentro de água, os banhistas podem encontrar cardumes de safias, sargos e peixes-rei que nadam tranquilamente entre os rochedos.
O acesso é feito por estrada alcatroada (ligação Guia-Galé).
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O barco “Alvor” é o elemento mais importante e o coração de todo o Centro Interpretativo do Salva-vidas de Alvor.
Construído entre 1932 e 1933, este barco a remos do tipo dinamarquês e casco trincado salvou muita gente ao longo dos anos, atuando numa época em que os acidentes à entrada da barra eram frequentes e fatais.
O apego da comunidade a este salva-vidas, símbolo de proteção marítima, gerou um episódio memorável de resistência em 1983.
Com o encerramento da estação salva-vidas, a Marinha Portuguesa tentou levar a embarcação para o seu museu, mas a população de Alvor revoltou-se.
Para impedir a retirada da embarcação, as portas da estação foram soldadas e os carris de acesso à água cortados.
No dia da chegada da comitiva militar, os sinos da igreja tocaram a rebate e o povo desceu em massa à ribeira, impedindo a partida do barco.
Após ser restaurado no final dos anos 1990, o salva-vidas passou a integrar a procissão de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem.
Hoje, toda esta história está guardada no Centro Interpretativo do Salva-vidas de Alvor. Este equipamento cultural resulta da reabilitação da antiga Estação do Instituto de Socorros a Náufragos, sendo um projeto da Câmara Municipal de Portimão (através do Museu) com a Junta de Freguesia de Alvor.
O espaço funciona como um núcleo museológico que liga o património sociocultural às vivências e saberes da comunidade piscatória local, homenageando os homens e mulheres que sempre viveram do mar e da ria.
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