A complex rescue operation that mobilised several rescue teams, including the helicopter of the Regional Civil Protection Service and a dozen operatives from the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters’ rescue team, ended this morning. At issue was the disappearance of a tourist couple, a man aged approximately 55 years old, a woman…
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The Forest Police and the Fire Department started a search and rescue operation on the Pináculo and Folhadal route, in SĂŁo Vicente, at 18:30 last night. According to JM, two tourists got lost in a hard-to-reach area after leaving the marked path and were unable to find their way back…
Yet another case of tourists getting lost on levadas, and this time, it was a family of four who became lost after walking through the mountains of Madeira, on a non-recommended route between ChĂŁo da Ribeira and Fanal. The authorities received the alert around 16:30, and a Mountain Rescue team…