Three tourists were rescued from Fajã da Nogueira this afternoon by the crew of the Regional Civil Protection Service helicopter.
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The Tourist Train, a service offered by NATURNORTE, returns on the 1st of March. This year they are offering two routes. Wednesdays are reserved for the Historical Itinerary, departing from the village of São Vicente at 10:30 am, while on Saturdays at 15:00, they embark for NATOUR (nature + tour).
The Municipality of Funchal has confirmed that the stretch of road between Rotunda da Vitória and Rua do Arieiro will be conditioned from tomorrow, the 23rd of February until the 31st of March due to pavement work.
Horários do Funchal issued a statement today advising all its customers that it will be offering a reduced service tomorrow, the 23rd of February, on its urban and inter-urban routes due to a Workers Plenary by the SNMOT-National Drivers and Other Workers Union.
Miguel Albuquerque was pleased today with Binter's decision to extend their inter-island contract, which will be formally signed on Thursday, the 23rd of February.
The municipal group of Bloco de Esquerda Madeira (BE-M), in the Municipal Assembly of Funchal, were on the warpath this morning as they stood together in Praia Formosa to express their anger at the new proposed housing project.
Again, as has been the case over the last week, strong winds affected the operationality of the Madeira International Airport Saturday morning.
Madeira is currently under three yellow weather warnings. These are for coastal agitation, wind, and snow and ice.
Earlier today, the President of the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), Manuel Filipe, informed local media outlets that three roads had been closed due to snowfall.
The Porto Santo Line (PSL) has confirmed that they have cancelled their scheduled sailing for tomorrow due to bad weather, making it impossible for the ship to dock in Porto Santo.
The Archipelago of Madeira will be under a yellow weather warning for strong wind from noon tomorrow, Wednesday the 15th, until 03:00 Thursday.
Late this evening, airport authorities confirmed that strong winds are affecting the operationality of Madeira International Airport.
Two roads were closed today due to bad weather.
Successive cancellations and flight delays at Madeira Airport exhausted the patience of many passengers, many of whom had been waiting for hours for their return flight home.
A man was arrested by the Public Security Police (PSP) last week for publically urinating at a boarding gate at the Madeira International airport - Cristiano Ronaldo.