Strong wind, rain and hail are affecting both departures and arrivals at Aeroporot Cristiano Ronaldo. Madeira is being affected by the Emília depression.
Bad weather conditions are, this Friday, affecting movement at Madeira International Airport – Cristiano Ronaldo, a situation that led to the and affects thousands of passengers.
According to the information available on the official ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal page, since 08:00 no plane has managed to land on the islandwith two ending up diverging. By 5:00 p.m., they had already been around three dozen arrivals canceled.
The adverse weather situation, strong wind and rain, sometimes hailalso affects aircraft departures, with records of ajust three planes taking off at 04:17, 06:00 and 14:06 bound for Lisbon (TAP), Shannon (Ryanair) and Gran Canaria (Binter), respectively.
On its website, ANA had already alerted passengers to the weather forecasts that pointed to “adverse conditions that may affect the operation (departures and arrivals), on the 10th to 13th of December”.
O Madeira archipelago is being affected by the Emília depressionwith strong wind, snowfall and rain, which can be occasionally heavy.
Orange and red warnings
O Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) issued an orange warning (second most serious) because of the wind on the north coast of the island, gusts of up to 130 kilometers per hour are expected. The warning is active until at least 6:00 pm, then drops to yellow. As for maritime unrest, IPMA issued the most serious warning (red) from 9pm this Friday until 6pm on Saturday.
Also the Funchal City Council announced the implementation of preventive security measures, closing access to the sea and the Ecological Park following meteorological warnings issued by IPMA.
The municipality He also said that access to Cais do Carvão is closed and will remain so until Monday (December 15). In the upper areas of the municipality, the municipal road of Chão da Lagoa in the Funchal Ecological Park is also closed to traffic, for safety reasons, and is expected to reopen on Sunday (14 December), he said.
O The municipality appealed to the population to “respect all prohibited areas and duly signposted, not to travel in coastal areas exposed to danger (…), not to practice activities related to the sea and on the coastnamely, sport fishing, water sports, and comply with the recommendations issued by the Civil Protection and Security Forces”.
