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Search goes on after 40 die on holiday island
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February 22, 2010, Monday
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PORTUGUESE rescue workers using bulldozers searched for more bodies under debris yesterday after violent floods and mudslides killed at least 40 people on the resort island of Madeira.
Authorities flew more rescue teams and military engineers from the mainland to help the Atlantic island where a heavy rainstorm on Saturday unleashed floods and mudslides, washing away bridges, blocking roads with rocks and mud and cutting off parts of the island.
Pedro Barbosa, deputy chief of the regional civil protection service, said one village, Curral das Freiras, was still cut off and could only be contacted by radio.
"We know there are some victims there, not a high number, but we will only know the details when rescuers reach the village later today," he said.
Francisco Ramos, the regional secretary for social affairs, said there were 40 confirmed deaths on the island, about 1,000 kilometers southwest of Lisbon.
Alberto Joao Jardim, the leader of the regional government, said there had been "no serious incident" involving the tourism sector.
Many of the tourists on Madeira were Britons visiting for the half-term school holiday.
Authorities flew more rescue teams and military engineers from the mainland to help the Atlantic island where a heavy rainstorm on Saturday unleashed floods and mudslides, washing away bridges, blocking roads with rocks and mud and cutting off parts of the island.
Pedro Barbosa, deputy chief of the regional civil protection service, said one village, Curral das Freiras, was still cut off and could only be contacted by radio.
"We know there are some victims there, not a high number, but we will only know the details when rescuers reach the village later today," he said.
Francisco Ramos, the regional secretary for social affairs, said there were 40 confirmed deaths on the island, about 1,000 kilometers southwest of Lisbon.
Alberto Joao Jardim, the leader of the regional government, said there had been "no serious incident" involving the tourism sector.
Many of the tourists on Madeira were Britons visiting for the half-term school holiday.
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