The president of the Madeira Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, is following the situation of bad weather and said that the occurrences recorded are not significant.
© João Pedro Domingos / PSD
10/11/2026
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O president of the Madeira Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, is at the premises of the Regional Civil Protection Service in Funchal, following the situation of bad weather and said that registered occurrences “are not significant”.
In statements to RTP/Madeira, the head of the Madeiran executive stressed that the peak of depression Charles that affects Madeira since 9:00 p.m. will be at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, ensuring that “everything is for prevention” and “everyone ready for any eventuality”.
According to Miguel Albuquerque, “all teams are mobilized for occurrences”, but “they are not significant.”.
“ We are monitoring the situation”, reinforced.
The platform of the Regional Civil Protection Service of Madeira indicates that until 23:20 there were 37 occurrences, which mobilized 110 operational and 38 vehicles.
Floods (15), mass movement (4), falls from trees (5), cluttering, road cleaning and cutting or removing elements (3) are the characteristics of these occurrences.
Funchal, Câmara de Lobos, Santa Cruz, Machico and Calheta are some of the municipalities that appear with situations. The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) placed the south and north coasts, and the mountainous regions of Madeira under red warning of precipitation between 21:00 today and 06:00 Wednesday (11 November), due to the forecast of heavy and persistent rain.
The red warning is also red for the situation of the wind in mountainous areas, with forecast gusts up to 140 km/hour.
The warning then passes to orange, with forecasts of bursts in the order of 130 kilometers in the highest areas until 12:00, keeping the rain “sometimes persistent strong” until 09:00.
Due to these adverse weather conditions, the Madeira Regional Government has determined the closure of school establishments and non-essential services until 1 p.m.
Closed are also the pedestrian routes, museums, gardens and Thursdays, scales of 3 cruise ships were cancelled and the voyages of the ship Lobo Marinho between the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo.