Santana Volunteer Firefighters, with the support of the Municipal Firefighters of Machico, were called out to help a woman who had fallen from a considerable height while walking between Queimadas and Caldeirão Verde, Santana.
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Victor Prior, director of IPMA's Funchal Meteorological Observatory, confirmed this lunchtime that the winds affecting Madeira will continue until Sunday.
Yesterday morning (9th of May), the SAM driver involved in the tragic tourist bus accident in Caniço on the 17th of April 2019, passed away.
Since midnight strong winds have further complicated landing and take-off conditions at Madeira's International Airport, with the cancellation of 42 arrivals and 37 departure flights, as well as 4 diversions, affecting around 19,000 passengers.
Madeira's International Airport was affected by strong winds again today, with nine flights being diverted and four flight cancellations.
On the 11th and 12th of May, Madeira will host a combat marine pollution exercise, "ATLANTIC POLEX.PT 2023," organised by the National Maritime Authority Directorate for Combating Sea Pollution.
The Monte Tree case trial grinds to a halt, again!
The Regional Civil Protection Service, IP-RAM is promoting an awareness campaign aimed at the general population, asking people not to take and share photos and videos of accidents, in order to protect the identity of the victim and the work of the rescue and emergency teams.
On the 11th of May at 10:00, the IPTL – Professional Institute of Transport and Logistics will hold a presentation session on the Marine Pollution Control Simulator (MPCS) in the Business Simulation Room at the Jesuit College.
The continuation of high temperatures, absence of rain, and very elevated fire risks are some of the forecasts predicted by the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) for the coming months.
The Municipality of Funchal (CMF) has announced that the Natural History Museum of Funchal (MHNF) will be closed to the public between the 4th and 8th of May. Unfortunately, the museum is suffering from infestations to the wooden structures of the São Pedro Palace and the MHNF estate. The extermination…
The parishes of the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira can, as of today, apply for reimbursement of eligible expenses incurred to contain and limit the spread of Covid-19 in 2020.
We have been advised that an old WhatsApp scam is back in circulation.
The first quarter of this year was the most bumpy in living memory. The Civil Protection of Madeira recorded 44 accidents on levadas and trails, which resulted in 46 injuries.
The two defendants in the Monte Tree case, which killed 13 people and injured fifty people in August 2017, arrived in court today after the last session had to be abandoned after judicial staff went on strike.