The municipality of Santa Cruz has issued a press statement with regard to fire prevention in the municipality. “In view of the adverse weather conditions forecast for the next few days and the theaters of operations taking place in several municipalities in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, the Municipality of…
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The President of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira defends the need for explanations from the Regional Government in Parliament about the fires. The statement by José Manuel Rodrigues was made this afternoon and confirms a position that diverges from what has been the official speech of the President of Madeira…
The CDU warned while visiting the Vasco Gil site, in the parish of Santo António, Funchal, of the need to implement political measures to combat the scourge of eucalyptus.
Do you remember the recurring fires, in October 2017, in Trompica, in the upper area of Ribeira Brava?
The Judiciary Police has already detained one of the suspects believed to have started the fires in Calheta.
Since the 1st of June, when the Operational Plan for Fighting Rural Fires (POCIR) came into force, the Autonomous Region of Madeira has registered 154 occurrences, of which 80% - 123 - relate to unauthorised burning/fires.
According to a report issued by NASA, July 2023 was the warmest on record. Furthermore, the whole year so far has been the warmest ever recorded, and it is predicted that temperatures are set to rise in 2024.
The Regional Government, through the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), has so far this year cleared 215 km of forest paths/firebreaks as part of the Forest Defence Plan Against Fires which includes the construction of firebreaks and access paths.
A heat wave is expected to affect all of Europe during the second half of August, according to Correio da Manhã, and temperatures may increase by up to 20 degrees.