Social Security emergency line with three activations in Funchal

A the emergency line of Social Security of Madeira had three activations with requests for support from three families who were displaced, in the municipality of Funchal, following the bad weather on the weekend, was revealed today.

In statements to the Lusa agency, the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Madeiran Social Security Institute, Nivalda Gonçalves, said that “they are small families”.

“ Two families were welcomed into establishments with protocols with Social Security and one woman stayed at the home of family members ", he added.

The person responsible said that the housing situation “will now be reassessed to assess the possibility of returning people to them”.

It also ensured that the affected people are having social assistance.

In the case of the five displaced in the municipality of Santa Cruz, adjacent to the east of Funchal, “the line was not activated, because the part of the affected housing was an annex of the housing and the municipal protection will evaluate its return home”.

“In total, there were nine people displaced during this weekend’s storm,” he said.

The Madeira Regional and Civil Protection Service, between 08:00 on Saturday and 21:00 on Sunday, registered a total of 210 occurrences due to the bad weather that struck the archipelago, following the passage of Bruna depression, especially falls of trees, cleaning of roads and floods.

The scales of two cruise ships were also cancelled, which should reach the port of Funchal and the movement at Madeira International Airport, which has already returned to normal, was conditioned and dozens of flights were cancelled, which affected thousands of passengers.

A 37-year-old lifeguard from a hotel unit in Funchal is still missing after being dragged by a wave. The searches continue today, coordinated by the captaincy of the port of Funchal.