New Year's Eve is expected to be marked by periods of rain, the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) said today, stressing that the probability is in the order of 70 to 90%.
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On Tuesday, the 23rd of August, the Ribeira Brava Beach became centre stage for the new Águas e Resíduos da Madeira, S.A. (ARM), water saving campaign, 'Save every drop of your island – Water is Life.’
Four flights were diverted to Porto Santo airport this morning due to strong winds at the Madeira International Airport.
With a yellow alert for strong winds, the airport has already proved its vulnerability to the elements as three flights have already been diverted this morning - Binter, Transavia and TAP - .
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), has placed the Madeira Archipelago under a yellow warning for rain between 12 pm and 9 pm tomorrow, Sunday the 3rd of April.
Today the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, visited the Regional Civil Engineering Laboratory (LREC), to learn about the new features of the new Integrated System for Monitoring and Alerting Natural Risks in the Region (SIMARN).
As of Saturday night, Madeira will have a lot of rain and wind. if we get buckets of rain, stay indoors and don’t drive on the country roads (the rain might push you off the road) or walk in the streets (flying tree branches). If may turnout to be ok,…
According to the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), the Madeira archipelago has been placed under a yellow alert from 12:00 - 18:00 tomorrow (21.11) due to heavy rainfall.
Due to the warmer weather, the Regional Secretary for the Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change has asked everyone to be sensible when visiting forest or wooded areas, and to avoid doing anything that will place others, wildlife, property and flora and fauna at risk.
Victor Prior, the Regional Delegate of the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA), has issued a statement, saying that bad weather will affect the island again from Wednesday, although he was quick to point out that the weather conditions will not be as severe as last weekend.
A few images of the destruction caused by last weekends storm.
A power surge at the 60 KV transport line between Calheta and Funchal causing damage to the Vitória Thermal Power Station system last night, left approximately 230,000 energy users sitting in the dark.