people registered as being directly affected by the flood: 522 dead, 330 injured, 885 who lost their home, 307 who were evacuated and one missing person. Most of the dead were originally from rural areas, namely North and Alentejo and almost one fifth of the registered dead lived in a small village called "Aldeia de Quintas" (100 dead). Furthermore, the river destroyed two bridges, one in Odivelas, the other in Trancão. A leptospirosis outbreak potentially followed the flood, but the number of infected people is not known. Aftermath Firefighters, soldiers, student associations and the Red Cross, among others, would offer relief to the victims by providing shelter, medicine, food, etc. A firefighter of Odivelas reports that some people were sheltered in the local fire department for more than a month. Almost 6.000 students were involved in disaster relief. The students created a Central Coordinating Commission in Instituto Superior Técnico's student association that was in charge of coordinating the students' relief efforts. The students would write their experiences and reflections through some outlets that were already established, such as the Comércio do Funchal, and some new, such as the Solidariedade Estudantil. Students of the University of Porto (with fundraising) and University of Coimbra (with medical support) also helped. These floods are considered by some as a pivotal moment that would lead to the Academic Crisis of 1969 and the Carnation Revolution. Despite this, the event is not frequently evoked and the academic literature focuses mostly on the meteorological aspects of the event. The government attempted to censor the extent of the tragedy by not allowing television to display images of the dead and downplaying the causality numbers newspaper reported. In 26 November 1967, Diário de Lisboa's front page reported more than 200 dead, while Diário de Notícias in 29 November reported 427 dead before the censorship did not allow further public tallies. Some journal editors would also self-censor information they thought could led the whole text to be rejected. In 29 November, the local censorship delegations received instructions to remove all references to the students' relief efforts. PIDE would interrogate the United Press International correspondent Edouard Khavessian about a newspiece regarding student protests against the way the government dealt with the tragedy."[...] only the violence of the phenomenon of exceptional character, registered in the dramatic hours of the night of 25 to 26 of November, can fully explain the greatness of