RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 8 : Portugal - Flash Flood

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Situation Update No. 8 Posted:2010-02-20, 16:22:23 [UTC] Ref.no.: FF-20100220-25007-PRT Situation Update No. 8 On 2010-02-23 at 04:02:42 [UTC] Event: Flash Flood Location: Portugal Island of Madeira Number of Deads: 74 person(s) Number of Injured: 120 person(s) Number of Missing: 32 person(s) Number of Evacuated: 250 person(s) Situation: The death toll in the Madeira horror floods that killed a British tourist was feared to be at least 74 last night. So far 42 bodies have been found and 32 people are missing. Nineteen shoppers were feared drowned in the basement car park of a mall. Divers were searching the shopping centre in Funchal. The three sons of a woman killed when a taxi carrying four Brits was hit by the deluge have flown to the holiday isle. They were comforting their grieving father last night. Pamela Gaines, 50, from Garton-on-the-Wolds, East Yorks, was swept away along with the Portuguese driver. Her husband George, 50, escaped, as did Roger and Gillian Wilson. Mrs Wilson, in her 50s, is in hospital with serious chest injuries. Three other Brits are feared injured after torrential rain sparked mudslides and flooding. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu