An earthquake registering 2.0 on the Richter scale was recorded by the seismographs of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), at 09:31 on Saturday morning off the north coast of Porto Santo. The quake had a depth of 2 km and due to its size would not have…
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Two men defied the waves and the strong sea agitation and walked along a narrow ledge to get a better look from a viewpoint at Garajau beach. As a result, one of them was knocked into the water by a wave and fell several metres while the other managed to…
SANAS Madeira was alerted yesterday morning to help an amateur fishing vessel anchored in Santa Cruz. “With the swell and strong wind, the Santa Cruz Lifeguard Station was asked to help rescue the beleaguered vessel and it was hoped that they would be able to tow the fishing boat to…
At 10:18 this morning a 1.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the south-west coast of Ribeira Brava. The quake had a depth of 8 km. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 16
In a statement, the National Maritime Authority confirmed, that a high-speed vessel was recovered today, the 9th of December, off the north coast of Porto Santo. “Following an alert received at 09:30, informing of the existence of a partially submerged vessel near Fonte da Areia, the Captain of the Port…
The public procedure launched by the Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology, and Innovation must be resubmitted. The “lack of credibility of the proposal,” with a value above the expected 14 million, meant that the original tender was rejected. Meanwhile, ARDITI has changed some characteristics of the research…
Some users of Canavieira beach, in Caniço, assure that they are unhappy with the closure of the access path. According to them, this path, “which has always been public,” was closed by a private individual, which is why, they are considering creating a public petition. “How is it possible to…
The body of a person was spotted floating in the sea off the north coast of Madeira, near Ponta de SĂŁo Lourenço, early this afternoon. According to the captain of the port of Funchal, the maritime authority was alerted, at 13:04 to what appeared to be a body floating near…
The Funchal City Council (CMF) has presented a new Cory’s Shearwater in Macaronesia conservation project, in a ceremony that took place at the Reception and Interpretation Centre of the Funchal Ecological Park. The ceremony was attended by the Councilor for the Environment, Nádia Coelho, as part of the Kick-off meeting…
The Portuguese Navy reported this morning that since Friday afternoon (November 1st), it has been in a “monitoring and follow-up operation of a Russian Federation scientific and oceanographic research ship, which, this morning, passed through Madeiran territorial waters. “The Maritime Operations Centre permanently monitored the activity of the ship, coordinating…
At 05:39 this morning a 3.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the southwest coast of Madeira. The quake had a depth of 10 km. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 2
EasyJet flight EZY3202, departing from Edinburgh, Scotland to Tenerife, was forced to make an emergency landing at Porto Santo airport, due to an incident on board with a passenger. The plane landed on the runway in Porto Santo on Friday at 17:00, and the situation was resolved an hour later,…
The President of the Madeira Regional Council of the Order of Biologists said today that he had not found “any advantage for the protected area of Selvagens to be changed.” Ricardo AraĂşjo was speaking at the Specialized Commission on Environment, Climate, and Natural Resources, of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira,…
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) has confirmed that a 2.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded this morning at 08:21 off the northeast coast of Porto Moniz. The ‘quake’ occurred at a depth of 30 kilometers. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 7
Every year, in Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands, light pollution leads to hundreds of juvenile seabirds becoming disoriented, and ending up stranded in cities. This year, as last year, on the 30th of October, the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) promotes a Mega-blackout in Madeira,…