Violent Storm in Madeira, Portugal

While the Philippines have been experiencing El Nino again after 4 years only,  A storm hits Portugal.

by Rosie | February 20, 2010 at 02:04 pm

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42 people total dead from Saturday's landslides and violent storms on the Portuguese island of Madeira. 120 predicted hurt by the disaster. Another 250 had to flee from homes. Many still feared buried under the mud. The sun begun shining Sunday morning, making it easier for rescue workers to move around roads and bridges damaged by floodwaters and littered with uprooted trees, cars and boulders which hampered search and rescue efforts. By midday Sunday, tourists could be seen strolling and taking photographs in Funchal. Streets just a few yards away from the channels where the muddy deluge raced toward the sea were largely unscathed. But more rain hit later in the day, raising fears of new mudslides on the mountainous island. On turday, The Lusa agency quoted the vice president of the Madeira regional government, Joao Cunha e Silva, as saying another 68 people have been hospitalized in the island's main city, Funchal. Madeira is the main island of a Portuguese archipelago of the same name, in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa.