Today, the councilor of the Municipality of Funchal, João Rodrigues, announced to the media that noise pollution levels in built-up areas will be revised.
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The Regional Civil Protection Service, IP-RAM has launched its 2023 rural fire prevention campaign, titled 'Madeira without fires - depends on everyone!'
The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, considers that if the price of hotels and the expense per tourist has risen exponentially, there is no need to fear the future of Madeira's tourism.
Ruptures in the drinking water network in the municipality of Santa Cruz, which have been heavily criticised, led the City Council of Santa Cruz to resort to using water tankers from the local Municipal Firefighters to remove water from the fire hydrant network and inject it into the drinking water supply system.
One of today's leading stories in JM is that Madeira's safe image is being tarnished by drug addicts, beggars, and homeless people.
The III Seminar 'Levadas da Madeira' took place this week in the auditorium of the Madeira Archive and Library, and included the application process of classifying the levadas of Madeira as UNESCO world heritage sites.
Monte Palace Madeira – Tropical Garden will once again celebrate the Day of the Autonomous Region of Madeira and the Madeiran Communities, on the 1st of July, by providing the region's residents with free admission into the gardens.
This afternoon, the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, visited the rehabilitation and museological requalification works of the Fort of São Filipe and Largo do Pelourinho, Funchal, accompanied by the Secretary of Equipment and Infrastructure, Pedro Fino, the Mayor of Funchal, Pedro Calado, and businessman Avelino Farinha.
With an orange alert coming into effect tomorrow and then decreasing to a yellow alert on Thursday, SANAS has provided bathers with some sensible summer advice.
Thermometers in Funchal reached a new high this afternoon as temperatures soared to 38.7 degrees, beating yesterday's official temperature of 37.9, to become the highest value ever recorded in June.
Madeira will not become a mass tourism destination, says Eduardo Jesus, the Regional Secretary for Tourism and Culture.
An aircraft that left Porto Santo shortly after noon today and was seen flying up and down the south coast from west to east created a lot of curiosity among those who were using Flightradar 24 to track its movements.
The top temperature recorded in Funchal at 15h00 was 36.3 degrees. It is the highest temperature so far and surpasses the 33.7°C recorded by the Cancela weather station.
A well-known businessman was rescued by a group of tourists today.
In view of the red alert issued by the IPMA, the Regional Secretary for the Environment, Natural Resources, and Climate Change, Susana Prada, warns that everyone should be careful when using any of the forest spaces to avoid endangering lives, wildlife, and heritage.