Sunday, February 21, 2010

MADEIRA DISASTER PICS......

Tourists take photos on a downtown Funchal street after heavy flooding in Madeira island February 21, 2010. Portuguese rescue workers using bulldozers searched on Sunday for more bodies under debris after violent floods and mudslides killed at least 40 on the resort island of Madeira.












Firefighters and volunteers work to free a car trapped between two houses Sunday, Feb. 21 2010, by a road where several cars were carried by floodwaters onto hillside houses on Saturday outside Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital. Heavy rain caused flash floods all around the Portuguese island on Saturday and the local government has confirmed at least 32 dead.












Debris is seen on a downtown Funchal street after heavy flooding in Madeira island February 21, 2010. Portuguese rescue workers using bulldozers searched on Sunday for more bodies under debris after violent floods and mudslides killed at least 40 on the resort island of Madeira.














People view a submerged car on a destroyed downtown Funchal street after heavy flooding in Madeira island February 21, 2010.














People dry and clean streets and houses on a downtown Funchal street after heavy flooding in Madeira island February 21, 2010.






























A mannequin is seen among debris on a downtown Funchal street after heavy flooding in Madeira island February 21, 2010.
















A man covered in a blanket walks on a downtown Funchal street after heavy flooding in Madeira island February 21, 2010.












People view a destroyed downtown Funchal street as cars lay buried under debris after heavy flooding in Madeira island February 21, 2010.
















Mud covers a religious icon on the wall of a house Sunday, Feb. 21 2010, by a road where several cars were carried by floodwaters onto hillside houses Saturday outside Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital.














A young woman works to clean a shop, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, wrecked by a flash flood Saturday in downtown Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital. 
























A man salvages a stool in a street littered with mud Sunday, Feb. 21 2010, outside a shopping center that was flooded Saturday in Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital.














A woman looks out of her window Sunday, Feb. 21 2010, onto a road where a car was carried by floodwaters onto hillside houses on Saturday outside Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital.
























A man walks in floodwater Sunday, Feb. 21 2010, outside a shopping center that was flooded Saturday in downtown Funchal, the capital of the Madeira Island.
















A truck carrying debris negotiates a wrecked street Sunday, Feb. 21 2010, in downtown Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital. The street partially collapsed Saturday when heavy rains washed rocks and mud down from the hills to the streets of Funchal. The local government confirmed many dead in the flash floods that hit the Portuguese island.
















A policeman, center, helps a blind woman cross a street strewn with rocks Sunday, Feb. 21 2010, in down town Funchal, capital of the the Madeira Island. Rescue workers dug frantically Sunday to free cars and homes buried under heaps of caked mud in Madeira, after torrential flash floods and mudslides killed at least 40 people on the popular Portuguese island.
























A man retrieves a small dog Sunday, Feb. 21 2010, from a house wrecked by a mudslide on Saturday outside Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital. 




























A damaged car and debris from a house are seen over the Funchal harbour after heavy flooding in Madeira February 20, 2010. Fatalities have been reported from the floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains on Saturday on the Portuguese island of Madeira.


























A man looks out of a building as people walk along a street engulfed by heavy flooding in downtown Funchal, Madeira February 20, 2010. Fatalities have been reported from the floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains on Saturday on the Portuguese island of Madeira.












































People look on as mud and water rush down a street in Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010.
















People look on as floodwaters overflow onto a bridge in the streets of downtown Funchal, Madeira February 20, 2010. At least five people were killed by floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains on Saturday on the Portuguese island of Madeira, a popular tourist destination, local media said. State-run news agency Lusa quoted officials at the mayor's office in Madeira's capital Funchal as saying five people died and 17 were in hospital.


















Muddy water rushes down towards the port in Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital, Saturday, Feb. 20 2010.




















A man is helped while trying to cross a flooded street in Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. 














































MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 21: Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid celebrates his goal wearing a t-shirt with the name of the Portuguese island of Madeira in memory of the recent victims of the flooding, during the La Liga match between Real Madrid and Villarreal at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on February 21, 2010 in Madrid, Spain.




















Rescue workers and volunteers transfer a body from a bulldozer to an ambulance outside Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital, Sunday, Feb. 21 2010. The body was recovered from a car that was dragged out of a road and down a hillside by heavy rain Saturday. The local government has confirmed the heavy rains have caused at least 40 dead.


















4 comments:

Wow, bummer ... I saw the news headlines but this is the first time I've seen images of the disaster ...

A Madeira irá ser outra vez a pérola do Atlantico.
Madeira Island will be again the pearl of the Atlantic sea.

Jorge Rocha
Such a tragedy for the loss of life but my country of birth will flourish again!

Madeira people have the heart, faith in God and the courage it takes to rebuild their , my beloved island. We will over come this tragedy with all our power and love for our island.....

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