Storm Bruna: 111 incidents in Madeira, roads closed and every walking trail shut

Madeira recorded 111 incidents linked to the bad weather between 08:00 and 23:00 on Saturday, according to AgoraMadeira. They included 47 fallen trees, 28 floods, 8 landslides and 3 fallen power lines. Funchal had 55 incidents and Santa Cruz 22, followed by Câmara de Lobos and Calheta with 9 each. The response involved 220 personnel and 88 vehicles and pieces of equipment.

A flooded house in Santo António da Serra, in the municipality of Santa Cruz, left a family of five without a home. They are staying with relatives.

All classified walking trails in the region are closed, AgoraMadeira reports. Its list of closures includes:

• The ER107-1 to Eira do Serrado and the forest road from Eira do Serrado to Pico do Areeiro, in Funchal.
• The ER228 between Encumeada and Achada do Beirão.
• The ER101 between Santa do Porto Moniz and Achadas da Cruz.
• The ER223 in Calheta between the expressway roundabout and the church, with no date for reopening.
• The Boca dos Namorados road and municipal access to the coast in Câmara de Lobos.
• The Ponta do Sol and Madalena do Mar quays, and pedestrian access to the Levada Nova and the Levada do Moinho.
• The promenade from Ribeira Brava to Tabua.
• The Cais Velho quay in Porto Santo.

The Santa Cruz municipal civil protection service recorded 19 incidents between 07:00 and 21:00 on Saturday 7 November, according to Funchal Notícias and JM Madeira. A tree fell on a car on Estrada do Garajau in Caniço, causing damage but no injuries. A large tree on the ER202 between Poiso and Santo da Serra forced the road to close for a time. Firefighters handled eight of the incidents and the civil protection service 11. No one had been hurt as of 21:00. The council asks people to stay away from the coast and from places where trees and other structures could fall.

Before the storm, this site reported orange warnings for rain and wind across Madeira and Porto Santo on Saturday.

At least 42 flights were cancelled in Madeira on Saturday because of Storm Bruna, RTP reports, and the archipelago remains under an orange warning. According to DN Madeira, the airport was almost without flights for part of the day. Marítimo could not fly to Lisbon, so its match against Estoril was postponed with no new date. Fog at Choupana put back Nacional against Académico de Viseu from Saturday to Sunday.

DN Madeira also reports that almost all outdoor events on Sunday 8 November were cancelled, along with most indoor ones. The PianoFest at the Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias on Sunday afternoon appeared to be the exception. Most of the weekend's events move to 14 and 15 November.

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