Eclipse views favourable, max fire alerts remain, record European temperatures & fuel prices down

For Monday 10th August 2026, Carl Munson’s Good Morning Portugal! news reports that IPMA forecasts favourable clear weather for good visibility of the total solar eclipse on 12th August across the country.

Other headlines include around 30 municipalities in the North, Centre and Algarve interiors remaining at maximum wildfire danger, Western Europe hitting record temperatures amid prolonged heatwaves, a minor earthquake registered in Odemira (felt in Ourique, Almodôvar and Santiago do Cacém), fuel prices dropping less than expected due to the ISP tax, and EDP abandoning its €169 million floating solar project in Alcácer.

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