The municipality of Funchal has prevention teams and has canceled planned activities due to heavy rain forecasts that have placed the south coast and the highlands of Madeira under a red alert, the municipality said today.
In a statement cited in the statement, the advisor in charge of civil protection and firefighters of Madeira’s main municipality, Bruno Pereira, indicated that the municipality began preparing on Sunday “various devices from various departments” to be immediately ready in the face of warnings related to the passage the Oscar Basins through the archipelago.
Sapadores firefighters in Funchal have four vehicles ready and “loaded with equipment for any circumstance that may come up, namely pumps and sapper equipment to clear drains and water pipes that may be clogged,” the official said.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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