The Funchal City Council is currently carrying out cleaning, repair, maintenance, and prevention work throughout the municipality in response to last weekend’s storm. The current list of repairs/cleaning is as follows: -
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Victor Prior, the Regional Delegate of the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA), has issued a statement, saying that bad weather will affect the island again from Wednesday, although he was quick to point out that the weather conditions will not be as severe as last weekend.
The clean-up operation in Estrada Monumental has begun, as people start cleaning up yesterday's and this mornings storm damage to commercial establishments, carparks, houses and apartment blocks.
Power outages are still affecting the whole of the island. Machico and Santa Cruz have been without electricity since early morning, and several areas of Funchal are also without power.
Madeira's weather situation has been downgraded from a red alert to orange, and is expected to remain in place until mid-afternoon today.
A power surge at the 60 KV transport line between Calheta and Funchal causing damage to the Vitória Thermal Power Station system last night, left approximately 230,000 energy users sitting in the dark.
According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA), Madeira and Porto Santo have been placed under a yellow warning until 9.00 am Sunday due to rain (sometimes heavy), thunder and strong winds, which have already reached gusts of up to 108 km/per hour.
According to the Civil Protection of Machico, a fire broke out this morning in a forested area of Santo António da Serra, the fire managed to take hold, consuming approximately 2,000m².
A statement made by the PSP confirms that as part of the 'Easter at Home' campaign, there will be an increased police presence up until the 5th of April.
The Regional Command of the Public Security Police of Madeira confirms that after carrying out an authorised search on a house located in the municipality of Ribeira Brava they seized the following weapons and ammunition:-
Domestic and national markets have saved some of Madeira's hotels from derisory low occupancy rates. But while Funchal's hotel reservation rate is around 30%, there are some hotels located in other parts of the island registering bookings of over 80%.
On the 25th of March French sailboat, Kraken, part of the French NGO ‘Wings of the Ocean’ will arrive in Madeira to carry out an environmental campaign with several local groups including ‘Ocean Devotion Madeira’. The aim of the visit to develop actions and create a better understanding of the…
In what is becoming a more regular occurrence, two people were found dead in their homes last week.
At 2.00 am Friday morning firefighters were called out to a fire at the McDonalds Restaurant on Avenida do Mar, Funchal.
A dog was found lost, scared and thirsty in Estrada do Jardim de Cima, Campanário this evening.