At least 32 people have been killed in floods and mudslides after torrential rains hit the Portuguese island of Madeira, local authorities say. Sixty-eight others were reported to have been taken to ...

Flash floods and mudslides on the island of Madeira have claimed at least 42 lives. Another 120 people were injured and many more are missing, reports The Mail, London.

Floods and mudslides have killed at least 32 people and left hundreds of others homeless on the Portuguese holiday island of Madeira. An unusually violent rainstorm, which battered the island for ...

Rescue teams in Madeira are searching for more more people missing after flash floods and mudslides killed at least 42 on the Portuguese holiday island. 22 February 2010 • 1:47pm People stand on ...

Portuguese rescuers used excavators and their bare hands on Sunday to sift through mud and debris for victims of violent floods and mudslides ... the resort island of Madeira.

FUNCHAL, Madeira Islands (AP) — Rescue workers dug frantically Sunday to free cars and homes buried under heaps of mud in Madeira, after torrential flash floods and mudslides killed at least 40 ...

Portuguese rescue workers dug frantically through homes and streets buried under heaps of mud in the resort island of Madeira after flash floods and mudslides killed at least 40 people and injured ...

Holidaymakers due to fly out to Madeira this week are being advised to continue with their holiday plans 'as normal' in spite of weekend floods and mudslides which have claimed the lives of 42 people.

Extreme weather was blamed for the flash floods and deadly mudslides that struck the Portuguese island of Madeira on February 20, 2010. The island's capital, Funchal, was severely affected.