PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN LEAVE MADEIRA ON ORANGE ALERT THIS MORNING

The island of Madeira has been under orange warning since 4:52 am today due to precipitation. The alert for periods of heavy rain runs until 9 am this Tuesday.

As for the forecasts for today, the IPMA points to generally cloudy skies, periods of rain, sometimes strong until the end of the morning and moderate to strong wind (20 to 40 km / h) from the southwest, sometimes with gusts up to 65 km / h, becoming weak to moderate (10 to 30 km / h) from mid-morning, blowing hard (35 to 50 km / h) in the highlands, with gusts up to 90 km / h until mid-morning.

The maximum temperature will be 23º in Madeira and Porto Santo, the minimum being 20º and 19º, respectively.

From Jornal Madeira