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Very strong warm winds have continued overnight leading to problems extinguishing the fires at São Roque and Santo Antonio and bringing problems at the airport. Funchal Council have activated their emergency plan after a meeting with fire authorities and are working with senior regional ............
As I write this on Monday afternoon, the worst dangers predicted in the last blog seem to have been realised, at the moment to an unknown extent. The record temperatures, combined with a healthy breeze today, seem to be fuelling a significant fire in the São Roque suburb high above Funchal.
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The holiday period must have truly arrived as there is little news recently. The weather here in Madeira seems to be the “hot” topic at the moment, with temperatures in Funchal reaching 37.8 at 16.00 yesterday – the highest recorded for 40 years in August (in 1976 temperatures ............