2 January –
AIDAnova, a
cruise ship operated by German cruise line
AIDA Cruises and carrying 4,197 people, docked in
Lisbon,
Portugal, after 52 crew members tested positive for COVID-19 and isolated at various hotels.[1]
21 May - Three people are killed and more than 30 are injured in a bus crash on the motorway near
Mealhada.[8]
28 June -
Portugal reports more than ten new cases of monkeypox.[9]
8 July -
Portugal issues warnings of temperatures as high as 43 °C (109 °F) amid a drought and
wildfires in parts of the country. [citation needed]
14 July -
Pinhão,
district of
Vila Real, sets the highest July temperature ever in Portugal, reaching 47.0 °C (116.6 °F).[10]
15 July -
Portugal reports 238 deaths related to the ongoing heat wave as it battles more than 30 active
wildfires. In France, more than 10,000 people have fled wildfires in
Gironde and in
Spain, firefighters continue to battle forest fires near the town of
Monsagro.[11]
19 July - The death toll from the
wildfires and heat wave in
Spain and
Portugal increases to more than 1,700 people, with more than 1,063 deaths in Portugal.[13]
2 January –
AIDAnova, a
cruise ship operated by German cruise line
AIDA Cruises and carrying 4,197 people, docked in
Lisbon,
Portugal, after 52 crew members tested positive for COVID-19 and isolated at various hotels.[1]
21 May - Three people are killed and more than 30 are injured in a bus crash on the motorway near
Mealhada.[8]
28 June -
Portugal reports more than ten new cases of monkeypox.[9]
8 July -
Portugal issues warnings of temperatures as high as 43 °C (109 °F) amid a drought and
wildfires in parts of the country. [citation needed]
14 July -
Pinhão,
district of
Vila Real, sets the highest July temperature ever in Portugal, reaching 47.0 °C (116.6 °F).[10]
15 July -
Portugal reports 238 deaths related to the ongoing heat wave as it battles more than 30 active
wildfires. In France, more than 10,000 people have fled wildfires in
Gironde and in
Spain, firefighters continue to battle forest fires near the town of
Monsagro.[11]
19 July - The death toll from the
wildfires and heat wave in
Spain and
Portugal increases to more than 1,700 people, with more than 1,063 deaths in Portugal.[13]