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    "prose": "All schools across Portugal shut ahead of Storm Charles.[^1] Around 8,000 cancelled classes.[^2] The country cancelled more than 300 flights.[^3] Four international airports suspended operations.[^4]\n\nThe storm then passed mainland Portugal without causing severe damage.[^5]\n\n## What the storm did\n\nCharles struck the island of Madeira on 10 November.[^6] On the mainland the weather agency IPMA recorded gusts of more than 120 kilometres an hour in some areas.[^7] Some streets in Lisbon flooded.[^8] Heavy rain and strong winds disrupted transport across the country.[^9]\n\nBy mid-afternoon on 11 November only the Algarve region remained on red alert.[^10]\n\n## The shutdown\n\nThe government advised people to stay at home.[^11] Prime Minister Luis Montenegro chaired a crisis unit to monitor the storm.[^12] The Web Summit conference in Lisbon cancelled one day of events.[^13]\n\n## The argument\n\nThe scale of the precautions against the scale of the damage raised the question of overreaction. Luis Neves, the interior minister, said the authorities did not overreact.[^14]\n\nThere is a reason the government erred on that side. It was criticised over its response to Storm Kristin in January.[^15]\n\n## Spain\n\nThe storm was forecast to move into Spain next.[^16] In one Spanish town, 3,000 residents were evacuated over concerns about the safety of a dam.[^17]",
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