A Spanish tourist aged between 40 -50 fell fifty metres yesterday morning at the Água d' Alto, in São Vicente, while canyoning.
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The Porto Santo City Council will pay 679,000 euros to the families of the two victims resulting from the fall of the palm tree in Largo do Pelourinho, Porto Santo.
A team from the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), the Regional Laboratory of Veterinary and Food Safety of Madeira (LRVSA), the Maritime Police, the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN-IP-RAM), and LIDH Foundation (Go Deeper-EmPowered by Yamaha Programme) are currently stationed at Selvagem Grande conducting a sampling campaign for the collection of fish potentially contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTX).
After a survey by the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) on the walking routes in both Madeira and Porto Santo, they have announced that five routes are closed due to degradation.
AI will soon be rolled out to assist in Emergency operational centres and assist 112 Triage calls during peak times.
An analysis by sustainable transport group Transport & Environment reveals that Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest luxury cruise operator, emitted nearly 10 times more sulfur oxides (SOX) in European seas than all 260 million European cars in 2017.
Refugee children and asylum seekers in Portugal face several challenges to their integration, such as language barrier, discrimination, lack of educational and professional opportunities, risk of poverty, and social exclusion, UNICEF Portugal has warned.
According to a LUSA article, the price of a basket filled with only Zero VAT foods (46 items) costs 1.36 euros less today than it did on the 18th of April when the new Zero VAT regime came into force.
A man in his 30s was seriously injured with second and third-degree burns yesterday afternoon in Caniçal. The injuries followed an argument with another man, where the victim was assaulted, doused in petrol, and set on fire. Last night the man was admitted into the Intensive Care Unit of the…
Maria da Conceição Gomes, 70, understands the concern of the Funchal City Council when they evacuated all 41 residents from the block of flats where she lived, because of bad weather, on Wednesday, but today says that it was not necessary for them to be so pressurised into leaving.
Nine hiking trails remain closed due to Storm Oscar.
As of 16:30 today, 35 incidents had been recorded in the municipality of Câmara de Lobos due to the high rainfall caused by Storm Oscar. Three families also had to flee their homes.
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) reported today that all the regions classified hiking trails will be closed due to adverse weather conditions.
In the second round of questions from the deputies to the Regional Government in the monthly debate, themed 'Land Accessibility,' the opposition asked the Regional Secretaries of Economy and Equipment and Infrastructure, about public transport and tunnel safety in Madeira.
On Sunday, the 21st of May, a Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) was rescued in the port of Porto Moniz by a team of IFCN officers. According to the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), the animal weighing 38 kilos and measuring 60 cm was caught in fishing nets and…