--- title: "Madeira" summary: "The island north of which IPMA expected the storm at 00:00 on 11 November, and where its red warnings came first." mount:
head: --- > Kept by incident.entities@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 08:47 UTC. A node of the [entities](../README.md): made from [its data](madeira.json), where every line names the row or decision it was taken from. Nothing is stated here for the first time. # Madeira **place**: Somewhere: a city, a district, a region, a bridge, a venue, a cape. [All place nodes](README.md). The island north of which IPMA expected the storm at 00:00 on 11 November, and where its red warnings came first. (**our summary**, from [row s-1109T1317](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1109T1317), a row labelled fact) ## Madeira is covered by - [Madeira schools closed on Wednesday morning, reopening from 13:00](../../entities/decision/madeira-schools.md) · **evidence** · "Madeira schools closed on Wednesday morning, reopening from 13:00" · [observador.pt](https://observador.pt/liveblogs/manifestantes-detidos-no-porto-pronunciam-se-sobre-suspensao-provisoria-do-processo/), read 11 Nov, 01:35 UTC · from [decision madeira-schools](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) - [Communiqué no. 2: rain, wind and sea agitation, Depressão CHARLES, mainland and Madeira](../../entities/warning/ipma-communique-2.md) · **fact** · "Communiqué no. 2: rain, wind and sea agitation, Depressão CHARLES, mainland and Madeira" · [ipma.pt](https://www.ipma.pt/resources.www/rss/comunicados.xml), read 10 Nov, 18:59 UTC · from [decision ipma-communique-2](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) - [Red warnings for Madeira's south coast and mountains: rain from 21:00 Tuesday to 06:00 Wednesday; wind gusts…](../../entities/warning/ipma-madeira-red.md) · **evidence** · "Red warnings for Madeira's south coast and mountains: rain from 21:00 Tuesday to 06:00 Wednesday; wind gusts to 140 km/h from 00:00" · [jornaldenegocios.pt](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto), read 11 Nov, 01:35 UTC · from [decision ipma-madeira-red](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) ## Madeira contains - [Areeiro (IPMA station, Madeira)](../../entities/place/areeiro.md) · **fact** · "Madeira, observed: 230.5 mm of rain in six hours at IPMA's station Areeiro (the hours 20:00 Tuesday to 01:00 Wednesday; 133.9 mm in the six hours to 22:00); next: Santo da Serra 124.4, Pico do Areeiro 123.9, Pico Alto 116.7 mm in six hours" · [api.ipma.pt](https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/observation/meteorology/stations/observations.json), data/weather/madeira.json (incident.meteorologist@, 8c822f847, read 01:46); prompted by pt.wikipedia's figure, verified at IPMA · from [row s-1111T0146](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0146) - [Câmara de Lobos](../../entities/place/camara-de-lobos.md) · **evidence** · "Occurrence count, Madeira: 71 since 20:00 Tuesday, as at 02:00 Wednesday (22 floodings, 13 mass movements/landslides, 7 fallen trees; Machico 20, Santa Cruz 18, Câmara de Lobos 10, Funchal 10, Ponta do Sol 4, Calheta 3, Porto Santo 1, Ribeira Brava 1,…" · [sapo.pt](https://sapo.pt/artigo/depressao-charles-soma-71-ocorrencias-ate-as-2h00-na-madeira-6af3d1068caa48e7be3971db), read 11 Nov, 03:56 UTC · from [decision srpc-madeira-count-0200](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) - [Funchal](../../entities/place/funchal.md) · **evidence** · "Three cruise calls at Funchal for Wednesday cancelled (Iona, Le Dumont d'Urville, Vasco da Gama)" · [observador.pt](https://observador.pt/liveblogs/manifestantes-detidos-no-porto-pronunciam-se-sobre-suspensao-provisoria-do-processo/), read 11 Nov, 01:35 UTC · from [decision apram-cruises](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) - [Machico](../../entities/place/machico.md) · **evidence** · "Occurrence count, Madeira: 71 since 20:00 Tuesday, as at 02:00 Wednesday (22 floodings, 13 mass movements/landslides, 7 fallen trees; Machico 20, Santa Cruz 18, Câmara de Lobos 10, Funchal 10, Ponta do Sol 4, Calheta 3, Porto Santo 1, Ribeira Brava 1,…" · [sapo.pt](https://sapo.pt/artigo/depressao-charles-soma-71-ocorrencias-ate-as-2h00-na-madeira-6af3d1068caa48e7be3971db), read 11 Nov, 03:56 UTC · from [decision srpc-madeira-count-0200](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) - [Pico Alto](../../entities/place/pico-alto.md) · **fact** · "Madeira, observed: 230.5 mm of rain in six hours at IPMA's station Areeiro (the hours 20:00 Tuesday to 01:00 Wednesday; 133.9 mm in the six hours to 22:00); next: Santo da Serra 124.4, Pico do Areeiro 123.9, Pico Alto 116.7 mm in six hours" · [api.ipma.pt](https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/observation/meteorology/stations/observations.json), data/weather/madeira.json (incident.meteorologist@, 8c822f847, read 01:46); prompted by pt.wikipedia's figure, verified at IPMA · from [row s-1111T0146](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0146) - [Pico do Areeiro](../../entities/place/pico-do-areeiro.md) · **fact** · "Madeira, observed: 230.5 mm of rain in six hours at IPMA's station Areeiro (the hours 20:00 Tuesday to 01:00 Wednesday; 133.9 mm in the six hours to 22:00); next: Santo da Serra 124.4, Pico do Areeiro 123.9, Pico Alto 116.7 mm in six hours" · [api.ipma.pt](https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/observation/meteorology/stations/observations.json), data/weather/madeira.json (incident.meteorologist@, 8c822f847, read 01:46); prompted by pt.wikipedia's figure, verified at IPMA · from [row s-1111T0146](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0146) - [Ponta do Sol](../../entities/place/ponta-do-sol.md) · **evidence** · "Occurrence count, Madeira: 71 since 20:00 Tuesday, as at 02:00 Wednesday (22 floodings, 13 mass movements/landslides, 7 fallen trees; Machico 20, Santa Cruz 18, Câmara de Lobos 10, Funchal 10, Ponta do Sol 4, Calheta 3, Porto Santo 1, Ribeira Brava 1,…" · [sapo.pt](https://sapo.pt/artigo/depressao-charles-soma-71-ocorrencias-ate-as-2h00-na-madeira-6af3d1068caa48e7be3971db), read 11 Nov, 03:56 UTC · from [decision srpc-madeira-count-0200](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) - [Ribeira Brava](../../entities/place/ribeira-brava.md) · **evidence** · "Occurrence count, Madeira: 71 since 20:00 Tuesday, as at 02:00 Wednesday (22 floodings, 13 mass movements/landslides, 7 fallen trees; Machico 20, Santa Cruz 18, Câmara de Lobos 10, Funchal 10, Ponta do Sol 4, Calheta 3, Porto Santo 1, Ribeira Brava 1,…" · [sapo.pt](https://sapo.pt/artigo/depressao-charles-soma-71-ocorrencias-ate-as-2h00-na-madeira-6af3d1068caa48e7be3971db), read 11 Nov, 03:56 UTC · from [decision srpc-madeira-count-0200](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md) - [Santo da Serra](../../entities/place/santo-da-serra.md) · **fact** · "Madeira, observed: 230.5 mm of rain in six hours at IPMA's station Areeiro (the hours 20:00 Tuesday to 01:00 Wednesday; 133.9 mm in the six hours to 22:00); next: Santo da Serra 124.4, Pico do Areeiro 123.9, Pico Alto 116.7 mm in six hours" · [api.ipma.pt](https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/observation/meteorology/stations/observations.json), data/weather/madeira.json (incident.meteorologist@, 8c822f847, read 01:46); prompted by pt.wikipedia's figure, verified at IPMA · from [row s-1111T0146](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0146) ## Timeline rows that mention it (16) | When (UTC) | Label | What the row says | |---|---|---| | [11 Nov, 11:35 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T1135) | evidence | the government's crisis cabinet line leads the live pages: "O mais complicado ainda vai acontecer" (RTP) and "Governo insiste na prevenção e avisa que tempestade ainda não chegou" (ECO), beside the lowered wind (CNN Portugal quotes IPMA: "A depressão acabou por mudar as suas características", a quot… | | [11 Nov, 10:07 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T1007) | evidence | evidence: Madeira: the regional president, presenting at the regional civil protection service (SRPC), gave 205 occurrences to 09:00, with 542 responders and 216 vehicles, and said none was considered serious; he gave "479 milímetros de precipitação em 12 horas" against 387 mm on 20 February 2010 "n… | | [11 Nov, 09:57 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0957) | evidence | Lisbon: the Vasco da Gama bridge is limited to 100 km/h because of the weather, as posted by Lusa at 09:24 (on Tuesday night the bridges had no restrictions: s-1110T2229). Madeira: access to Funchal's centre reopened (Lusa, 09:22); the counts differ: Lusa has 139 occurrences to 08:30, VOST about 200… | | [11 Nov, 09:41 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0941) | hypothesis | analysis (incident.meteorologist@, hypothesis) on the press's "two centres" (s-1111T0939). Facts: IPMA has published nothing in writing about two centres (no communiqué after no. 2, which speaks of one; its CAP texts do not describe the low). Madeira airport's pressure was lowest at 991 hPa at 06:30… | | [11 Nov, 08:22 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0822) | fact | Observed at the airports at 08:00. Madeira: the wind fell from south-west 69 km/h gusting 89 km/h (07:00) to north-east 13 km/h, with pressure at 995 hPa; analysis (incident.meteorologist@, hypothesis): the storm's centre passed close to Madeira airport between about 07:30 and 08:00. Lisbon: south-s… | | [11 Nov, 07:35 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0735) | evidence | near the venue: CNN Portugal's live blog (entry 07:24) reports nearly ten cars partly submerged at Parque das Nações, by Oriente, this morning. Not a decision and not confirmed at a public body. Also reported: Madeira's civil protection closed access to Funchal's centre (its communiqué, via Lusa, 07… | | [11 Nov, 07:27 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0727) | fact | Madeira, observed: 249.5 mm of rain in six hours at IPMA's station Areeiro, its largest six consecutive hourly values so far (was 232.1 mm at the 04:23 read); this is the measurement behind the "more than 240 mm in six hours" an IPMA meteorologist gave Lusa (s-1111T0642). Madeira airport at 07:00: w… | | [11 Nov, 06:42 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0642) | fact | Checked: the "winds of 130 km/h in Madeira" in press headlines (SAPO's front page, read 06:39; Lusa, 06:37, "Charles causou ventos de 130 km/hora na Madeira") matches the figure in IPMA's warning text, and no such observation is in IPMA's open data. Lusa's article (published 06:28, read 06:37 by inc… | | [11 Nov, 06:25 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0625) | fact | Madeira's red warnings ended at 06:00, as IPMA had scheduled: its warnings page now shows orange as the highest level for Madeira's north coast, mountain regions and south coast (red at the 05:23 read); in its open data the red rain (all three areas, from 21:00 Tuesday) and the mountains' red wind c… | | [11 Nov, 05:41 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0541) | evidence | Madeira: 99 occurrences and electricity restored, as posted by Lusa at 04:42 (up from the 71 to 02:00 reported earlier); Lusa's 04:02 post carries the mainland's 66 occurrences at 03:30, citing civil protection (row s-1111T0437). Evidence: Lusa reporting the authorities; no count read at Madeira's c… | | [11 Nov, 03:51 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0351) | evidence | Madeira: 71 occurrences between 20:00 on Tuesday and 02:00 on Wednesday (22 floodings, 13 landslides, 7 fallen trees; Machico 20, Santa Cruz 18, Funchal and Câmara de Lobos 10 each, Porto Santo 1), reported by DN Madeira (published 02:10) as the regional civil protection's count. That count reaches … | | [11 Nov, 03:28 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0328) | evidence | RTP's 03:00 radio bulletin is titled "IPMA: depressão Charles vai atingir mais o sul do país" (the title only; the bulletin was not listened to). At the same hour IPMA's published warnings for Lisbon are unchanged (red rain 09:00 to 18:00, red wind 12:00 to 21:00) and its communiqué is still no. 2; … | | [11 Nov, 02:33 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0233) | evidence | first reports of effects in Madeira: RTP's 02:00 radio bulletin is titled "proteção civil da Madeira regista mais de 50 ocorrências"; a SAPO front-page headline reports power cuts on Porto Santo. Titles only; no figure read at Madeira's civil protection (SRPC) yet | | [11 Nov, 01:46 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0146) | fact | Madeira, observed: 230.5 mm of rain in six hours at IPMA's station Areeiro (the hours 20:00 Tuesday to 01:00 Wednesday; 133.9 mm in the six hours to 22:00); next: Santo da Serra 124.4, Pico do Areeiro 123.9, Pico Alto 116.7 mm in six hours | | [10 Nov, 23:52 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T2352) | evidence | Lisbon airport: ANA expects flight cancellations on Wednesday ("Operations at Lisbon, Faro and Madeira airports will be affected") | | [9 Nov, 13:17 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1109T1317) | fact | IPMA names the storm CHARLES (communiqué no. 1): expected north of Madeira at 00:00 on 11 Nov, then toward the mainland, "com elevada incerteza na trajetória e intensidade"; orange warnings to be issued | ## Evidence (5 outside addresses) - observador.pt, read 11 Nov, 01:35 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://observador.pt/liveblogs/manifestantes-detidos-no-porto-pronunciam-se-sobre-suspensao-provisoria-do-processo/) - api.ipma.pt · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/observation/meteorology/stations/observations.json) - sapo.pt, read 11 Nov, 03:56 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://sapo.pt/artigo/depressao-charles-soma-71-ocorrencias-ate-as-2h00-na-madeira-6af3d1068caa48e7be3971db) - ipma.pt, read 10 Nov, 18:59 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://www.ipma.pt/resources.www/rss/comunicados.xml) - jornaldenegocios.pt, read 11 Nov, 01:35 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto) ## The same node elsewhere - The graph (data/graph/) has no node for this yet. - As data: [place/madeira.json](madeira.json) · [every node](../../entities/index.json) · [the grammar](../../entities/ontology.md)