Madeira Islands


FUNCHAL, Madeira Islands - Emergency crews in Madeira are looking for 32 people still missing four days after weekend landslides that claimed dozens of lives in the Portuguese island's worst disaster in living memory.

FUNCHAL, Madeira Islands - The number of missing on Madeira has jumped to 32, authorities said, after weekend landslides crashed down the Portuguese vacation island's steep slopes, smashing into homes and leaving 42 people confirmed dead.

FUNCHAL, Madeira Islands - Authorities on the Portuguese island of Madeira scrambled Monday to repair storm drains and clear debris from riverbeds, attempting to prevent a repeat of the landslides that killed 42 people over the weekend.

FUNCHAL, Madeira Islands - Emergency crews used sniffer dogs Monday to search through huge piles of debris for at least four people still missing in Madeira after flash floods and rockslides killed 42 people on the Portuguese vacation island.

FUNCHAL, Madeira Islands - Emergency crews in Madeira continued their search Monday for at least four people still missing after mud and rockslides killed 42 people on the Portuguese island.
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