Madeira’s Civil Protection Service issued advisories to the public this Sunday in light of forecasts of periods of heavy rainfall that will put the archipelago on high alert for 24 hours starting at 15:00 Monday.
Due to the deteriorating weather situation, the Civil Protection Service, in a statement, recommends avoiding travel to the affected areas and movement in areas where there are destroyed buildings, due to the risk of landslides.
He also asks that due attention be paid to prefabricated structures, scaffolding hulls, sheds, screens and roofs, which can be affected by gusts of wind and possible falling trees.
He also recommends safe driving, slowing down and being careful about water layers, as well as cleaning up rainwater drainage systems and removing aggregates and other objects that could drag on or obstruct the free flow of water.
In the document, civil authorities also do not recommend walking routes, especially in mountainous areas, on open slopes and in coastal areas.
The worsening weather information is based on contacts established between the Regional Command for Relief Operations and the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) in connection with “a complex frontal depression formed by several cores and characterized by severe instability. , should approach the Madeira archipelago on Monday and Tuesday, the document says.
The Madeira Civil Protection Service notes that this meteorological situation covers the entire Madeira archipelago, with “periods of rain or prolonged and temporarily heavy downpours accompanied by thunderstorms, especially between the end of Monday and the end of the Tuesday afternoon.”
As for the wind, he indicates that it will prevail from the south or southwest, temporarily moderate to strong (30 to 45 kilometers per hour), from late Monday morning to late Wednesday evening, with gusts that can reach 95 kilometers in mountainous areas. regions.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the waves will be from the southwest of about 3.5 meters on the south coast, from the northwest to 2.5 meters in the north, he notes.
A red warning, the most severe on a five-point scale, is issued for the south coast and the highlands of Madeira, and a yellow warning for the island of Porto Santo.
Porto Santo Line, the concessionaire for shipping between the Madeira Islands, said that due to bad weather conditions “which endanger the safety of passengers and the ship, Monday’s flight from Porto Santo to Funchal, scheduled for 18:00, will be cancelled. reschedule by 12 o’clock.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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