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Floods and Landslides in Madeira

Heavy rainfall on Saturday, 20th of February caused floods and landslides on the Atlantic island of Madeira. At least 48 people were reported dead and 120 injured, while some were still missing. The higherparts of the capital Funchal were hit particularly bad where complete houses were swept away. Furthermore, many roads on the island were destroyed or blocked.

 

Type of event	Floods and Landslides due to heavy rainfall
Event location	Madeira, Portugal
Date of event	Since Saturday, 20th of February
SAFER triggered by	Portuguese Civil Protection and European Council
SAFER triggered on	22nd of February

SAFER delivered products

Safer products were produced by DLR and EUSC. A representative sample of these products are displayed on this page and  are also available on DLR website :
http://www.zki.dlr.de/applications/2010/Madeira/183_en.html

Flood - Damage Assessment Map  Curral das Freiras  Download map  Location: PORTUGAL, Madeira, Curral Das Freiras Theme: Flood - Damage Assessment, situation the 23th of Februrary 2010 Scale: 1:7,500 Background: This mas was optimized for DIN A1 printing.

Flood - Damage Assessment Map  Curral das Freiras  Download map  Location: PORTUGAL, Madeira, Curral Das Freiras Theme: Flood - Damage Assessment, situation the 23th of February 2010 Scale: 1:7,500 Background: This map was optimized for DIN A1 printing.

Overview Rapid Reference Map Madeira  Download map  Location: PORTUGAL, Madeira Theme: Rapid Référence Map, updated on the 25th of February 2010 Scale: 1:75 000 Background: This mas was optimized for DIN A1 printing.

Situation Map October 2007  Download map  Location: PORTUGAL, Madeira Theme: Flood, situation Map October 2007 Scale: 1:7,500 Background: This map was optimized for DIN A1 printing.

Landslides Risk Map October 2007 Madeira East  Download map  Location: PORTUGAL, Madeira (EAST) Theme: Ladslides Risk Rapid Reference Map, October 2007 Scale: 1:40 000 Background: This mas was optimized for DIN A1 printing.

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