Bad weather? Funchal without occurrences of “large size”

O funchal municipality registered the second largest number of occurrences due to the bad weather that plagues Madeira, but “no large ones”, situations that resolve with the necessary cleanings, said today source of the municipality.

The vice-president of Funchal City Council, Carlos Rodrigues, who has the pelour of Civil Protection, considered that Funchal “behaved well” tonight and until 06:00 today, following the passage of storm Charles, who put Madeira under red warning.

“ There were some occurrences, but none of them of great size ", said the responsible, adding that with the beginning of the day will be made a reassessment of the scenario left by bad weather.

Of the most relevant situations he mentioned the case of the stream that covered the banks in the parish of São Roque, having been dragged a 78-year-old man who was rescued alive, and another in the Marmeleiros area, on the Mount, during which some vehicles were damaged.

“ The streams also offered some concern due to the flow, but everything is going well ", assured.

According to Carlos Rodrigues, “now it is mainly to proceed to cleaning and to wait”.

According to the information provided by the platform of the Regional Civil Protection Service (SRPC), by 09:20, there were 210 occurrences, 40 of which in the municipality of Funchal, with the highest number of situations identified in the adjacent municipality to the east, Santa Cruz, with 53.

Madeira began to be affected by the storm at 21:00 on Tuesday, leading the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) to put the whole island under red warning, the highest level because of the heavy rain and wind until 06:00 today.

The warning then passed the orange, with forecast bursts in the order of 130 kilometers in the highest zones until 12:00.

Due to adverse weather conditions, the Madeira Regional Government has determined the closure of school establishments and non-essential services by 1 p.m.

Closed are also the pedestrian routes, museums, gardens and farms, and three cruise ships were cancelled and the voyages of the ship Lobo Marinho between the Madeira and Porto Santo islands.

The movement at Madeira International Airport is also conditioned, there are about two dozen flights, from arrivals and departures, cancelled, according to ANA’s website – Aeroportos de Portugal consulted at 09:00.