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Ana Filipa Palma

'No room for water': How planning failures worsened Portugal’s deadly storms

Houses destroyed, trees fallen, entire streets turned into rivers: Portugal's recent deadly storms have caused untold damage and left thousands displaced. Experts say some of this could have been avoided.

"Planning failed," says Maria Rosário Partidário, Professor of Planning, Urbanism and Environment at the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon, in an interview with Euronews.

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