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Portugal races to clear storm-hit forest before fire season

Civil protection workers use chainsaws to cut storm-damaged trees in the Marinha Grande forest in central Portugal, May 7, 2026. (AFP)

Manuel Calhanas, 79, stands in the backyard of his home in the middle of the eucalyptus and pine forest in Marinha Grande in central Portugal, May 7, 2026. (AFP)

A cut tree trunk lies at the edge of the forest after storm damage in Marinha Grande in central Portugal, May 7, 2026. (AFP)

A military tractor clears a path through eucalyptus woodland as crews work to restore access in the Marinha Grande forest in central Portugal, May 7, 2026.

A forest track cuts through eucalyptus trees in Marinha Grande in central Portugal, where clearance work is underway after storm damage ahead of fire season, May 7, 2026. (AFP)

A eucalyptus and pine forest stretches across Marinha Grande, where thousands of fallen trees have complicated access ahead of fire season in central Portugal, May 7, 2026. (AFP)

A civil protection worker cuts through broken trunks as teams race to reopen blocked access routes in the Marinha Grande forest in central Portugal, May 7, 2026. (AFP)

Source: AFP

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