• The consortium conducted an analysis of ongoing activities and the planning of future actions of the project and its communication.
• The works on the stations at the Narla River in Friol (Lugo) and the Quiroga River (Lugo) are in the finalization phase.
• The strategic part associated with the methodology for the Miño-Sil Drought Plan, the optimization of the MIDAS systems, and the evaluation of the socioeconomic impact continues to make significant progress.

Porto, October 3, 2024 – The POCTEP RISC_PLUS project, focused on prevention and preparation to face flood and drought risks in the basins of the Miño and Limia rivers, held its third working meeting at the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP). During the meeting, the partners discussed key issues for the coordinated management of the project, as well as progress on various activities and future needs to continue and advance with the new lines of the project.

The partners reviewed the actions carried out by each of the participants, such as the Confederación Hidrográfica del Miño-Sil (CHMS), which is working significantly on the expansion of the Automatic Hydrological Information System (SAIH) network. They also highlighted, among other actions, the works at the Narla River stations in Friol (Lugo) and the Quiroga River stations in Quiroga (Lugo), which are in the finalization phase, paving the way for the imminent works at the Tamuxe River in O Rosal (Pontevedra) and the launch of the new station at the Lobios River in Lobios (Ourense).

Meanwhile, the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP) presented its methodology for the Miño-Sil Drought Plan, which compares the effects of prolonged drought in Portuguese and Spanish areas, and presented its upcoming actions, such as working on adjusting the thresholds for prolonged drought and scarcity with the specificities of Portuguese basins, or the study focused on improving predictions of extreme events through the analysis of the relationship between drought and synoptic conditions.

Regarding the activities of the Universidade de Vigo, they continue to work actively on optimizing the MIDAS systems to improve the accuracy of early warnings, and the Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (APA) is making progress in the evaluation of the socioeconomic impact of extreme events.

The meeting concluded with a renewed commitment from the consortium to continue progressing together in the actions of the project, collaborating actively among the different entities for the prevention of extreme events in the basins of the Miño and Limia rivers.