The information provided indicates that at 10:00 AM, there were 10 flights arriving from Porto Santo, Lisbon, Porto, Warsaw, Gran Canaria, and Berlin. Two other aircraft coming from Lisbon and Rome were diverted to other airports.
The situation also affects the corresponding departures and hundreds of passengers, both residents and tourists. Movement at Madeira Airport has been restricted since late Saturday afternoon.
All regions of Madeira are the only ones in the country under an orange warning from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) for hot weather, while Porto Santo Island is under a yellow warning.
The yellow warning, the least severe on a three-level scale, is issued by IPMA whenever there is a risk situation for certain activities dependent on weather conditions. The orange warning (second level) is issued when there is a moderate to high-risk weather situation.
Today’s forecast includes periods of very cloudy skies, with partly cloudy conditions on the southwest side of Madeira Island. The wind is expected to be light to moderate from the north/northeast, blowing moderate to strong between 30 and 45 kilometers per hour, sometimes with gusts up to 70 kilometers per hour in the highlands, in the eastern and western extremes of Madeira Island, and on Porto Santo Island.