In Madeira, the Emília depression continues to wreak havoc. With winds approaching 100 km/hour, Funchal airport continues to not receive flights. Thousands of people still don’t know when they will be able to return home.
Nobody arrives. Nobody leaves. It was like this throughout Saturday at Funchal airport. More than a hundred leaving thousands and thousands of passengers on the ground. Many will have to wait almost a week before they can fly again.
The strong wind left Madeira on red warning, the most serious of all. The Pico Alto meteorological station, at more than 1,100 meters above sea level, recorded wind speeds of almost 100 kilometers per hour.
In São Vicente, the scene is one of broken windows, bent traffic signs and the roofs of small kiosks torn off. Not even the solar panels covering the parking lot of a supermarket in São Vicente could resist.
Wind so strong that it even broke the glass protections of the padel courts. There were 185 incidents recorded by noon, most of which were tree falls, 107 in total.
Madeira was the first territory in the country to be affected by . Warnings for wind, rough seas and rain will remain in place for the next few hours. Still, judging by the state of the weather on Saturday afternoon, the worst seems to have already passed.
