This morning, local newspaper JM-Madeira printed a series of photographs depicting the damage caused by storm Filomena.
Madeira Weekly
Due to the revised curfew over the next two weekends (9th and 10th and 16th and 17th), public transport company, Horários do Funchal has announced that they will be readjusting some of their bus timetables from 6 pm onwards.
This afternoon, the Regional Secretary for Equipment and Infrastructure, Pedro Fino, travelled to Machico, in order to personally see the damage caused by the storm, most of which is in the Ribeira Grande area.
In a press release, the President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque stated that during the next two weekends (9th - 10th and the 16th - 17th) the curfew will be brought forward from 11 pm to 6 pm. This means that no one, is allowed to be on a public road between 6 pm - 5am, unless any of the below exceptions apply.
The bad weather is causing havoc on the north side of the island. Reports of landslides, localised flooding, road debris, requests for help and other complications have been recorded by the emergency services.
The recent inauguration of the Quinta Falcão Housing Complex, signaled the beginning of a municipal community composting project which aims to promote the recovery and use of organic waste in housing estates.
British Airways has announced that it will be suspending all its flights to Madeira until at least February.
As a result of today's bad weather and storm damage affecting the parish of Machico, the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque has offered government aid to help with the cleanup operation.
As the bad weather continues and is set to get worse the Civil Protection Service (SRPC, IP-RAM) has issued a set of guidelines.
Machico is suffering significant storm damage, as barriers have collapsed due to the sheer weight of debris, mud and water, leaving some roads impassable.
This afternoon the Regional Government (RG) decided to close all the schools in the municipality of Santa Cruz.
Depression Filomena is making her presence known, as the north of the island, in particular Seixal, Faial and S. Roque do Faial is under a red alert for rain and rough seas.
Today, the 6th of January, the municipalities of Funchal, Santa Cruz, Câmara de Lobos and Porto Santo registered the highest number of positive Covid cases. During today's bulletin 37 new cases were registered in Funchal, 26 in Santa Cruz, 14 in Câmara de Lobos and 10 new infections in Porto Santo were confirmed.
Unfortunately Flower has been missing since the 31st of December from her home in Chamorra, Santo António (Funchal). Her family are desperate to find her, and ask if anyone has seen her, to call them on 968 375 940, 960 382 432 or 969 114 685.