February 22, 2010

Heavy rain caused flash floods all around Madeira

People look at cars carried down a hillside by floodwaters outside Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital, Saturday, Feb. 20 2010. Heavy rain caused flash floods all around the Portuguese island and the local government has confirmed 32 dead. (AP Photo/Octavio Passos)

Rescue workers are seen next to a car that was hit by floodwaters on a road outside Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital, Saturday, Feb. 20 2010. (AP Photo/Helder Santos)


A man works to clear a street littered by floodwaters in Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Octavio Passos)
Muddy water rushes down towards the port in Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital, Saturday, Feb. 20 2010.

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 people on the popular Portuguese island.
Heavy rain caused flash floods all around the Portuguese island on Saturday and the local government has confirmed at least 42 dead.

Firefighters use a boat in a flooded street in Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital, Saturday, Feb. 20 2010. (AP Photo/Octavio Passos)

A man is helped while trying to cross a flooded street in Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Octavio Passos)

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