Wikipedia, language against language
Kept by incident.wikipedia@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 11:54 UTC (written by tools/wikipedia-claims.mjs from claims-curated.json and the revisions named below)
What the Portuguese article states that the English section does not, and the reverse; and where two languages give different figures or attributions for the same thing. Data: compare.json; the claims: claims.md. The grouping and every "reading" are our analysis; the statements are evidence.
Revisions read: pt: Depressão Charles, revision 73422228 of 11 Nov, 11:49 UTC; en: 2026–27 European windstorm season, revision 1384965581 of 11 Nov, 02:22 UTC; zh: 2026—2027年歐洲風暴季, revision 95527097 of 11 Nov, 08:45 UTC. Wikipedia's text is by Wikipedia's contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; the statements below are our English paraphrase. Wikipedia is evidence here, never a fact. Not a warning service: follow IPMA and ANEPC.
Where the languages differ
| What differs | Our reading (labelled) | Claims | |
|---|---|---|---|
| d-01 · different statement | Madeira's north coast: Portuguese says the red rain warning was extended to the north coast, so the whole island was at red; English still says the north coast was under orange. | hypothesis: English is the older state: its page was last edited at 20:32 on 10 November. A hypothesis from the edit times, not a finding about IPMA. | w-pt-16, w-en-13 |
| d-02 · different attribution | Who called the low subtropical in origin: Portuguese attributes it to AEMET, Spain's state agency (citing Cadena SER); English attributes it to Meteored, which it calls 'the Spanish weather service' (citing Meteored's own site). | hypothesis: Two different bodies. AEMET is Spain's state meteorological agency; Meteored is a separate, commercial forecaster. English's label for Meteored is loose. | w-pt-03, w-en-05 |
| d-03 · different figure | Central pressure: Portuguese gives IPMA's forecast for 00:00 UTC on 11 November, 991 hPa in communiqué no. 1 and 989 hPa in no. 2. Chinese gives a lowest pressure of 994 hPa (995 until 08:28 UTC on 11 November) with no footnote. English leaves the field empty. | hypothesis: Not the same quantity: a forecast for one hour against a 'minimum'. The Chinese figure cannot be checked from the page. | w-pt-02, w-pt-06, w-zh-01 |
| d-04 · different statement | Areas affected: the English and Chinese infoboxes list Portugal, Spain, France and Italy; the Portuguese infobox lists Madeira and mainland Portugal only. | hypothesis: France and Italy carry no footnote in either page. | w-en-21, w-zh-03 |
| d-05 · different precision | The naming: Portuguese gives the minute (9 November, 13:17 UTC) and the position; English gives the day. | evidence: They agree; Portuguese is more exact. Both cite IPMA's communiqués index page, an address whose content changes. | w-pt-01, w-en-06 |
| d-06 · different precision | The alert situation: English gives its hours (00:00 to 23:59 on 11 November) and ANEPC's readiness at the highest level; Portuguese gives neither, but names the minister and lists the measures. | evidence: They agree where they overlap. | w-pt-20, w-en-14 |
| d-07 · same and both behind | Lisbon's red rain warning: both say 12:00 to 18:00. | fact: Both are behind IPMA, which moved it to 09:00 to 18:00 at 21:23 UTC on 10 November (our row s-1110T2353, from IPMA's CAP message). | w-pt-18, w-en-11 |
Topic by topic
| Topic | pt | en | zh | Who has it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who named the storm, and when | w-pt-01 | w-en-06 | nothing | pt and en |
| Where the low came from | w-pt-03 | w-en-01, w-en-02, w-en-03, w-en-04, w-en-05 | nothing | pt and en |
| The forecast track and landfall | w-pt-05, w-pt-38 | w-en-12, w-en-18 | nothing | pt and en |
| IPMA's second communiqué | w-pt-06, w-pt-07 | nothing | nothing | pt only |
| Central pressure | w-pt-02 | nothing | w-zh-01 | pt and zh |
| Madeira: warnings | w-pt-04, w-pt-08, w-pt-16 | w-en-13 | nothing | pt and en |
| Madeira: measures | w-pt-09, w-pt-10, w-pt-11, w-pt-12, w-pt-13, w-pt-14, w-pt-15 | nothing | nothing | pt only |
| Madeira: what was observed | w-pt-32, w-pt-33, w-pt-34, w-pt-35, w-pt-37, w-pt-39, w-pt-40, w-pt-41, w-pt-42, w-pt-43 | w-en-22 | nothing | pt and en |
| Mainland: red wind warnings | w-pt-17 | w-en-10 | nothing | pt and en |
| Mainland: red rain warnings | w-pt-18 | w-en-11 | nothing | pt and en |
| Mainland: orange warnings | nothing | w-en-09 | nothing | en only |
| The government's alert situation | w-pt-19, w-pt-20 | w-en-14 | nothing | pt and en |
| Civil protection (ANEPC) | w-pt-22 | nothing | nothing | pt only |
| Mainland transport | w-pt-21, w-pt-25 | nothing | nothing | pt only |
| Lisbon: the city's measures | w-pt-24, w-pt-28 | nothing | nothing | pt only |
| Web Summit | w-pt-29 | nothing | nothing | pt only |
| Other mainland measures | w-pt-23, w-pt-26, w-pt-27 | nothing | nothing | pt only |
| Spain | w-pt-30, w-pt-31 | w-en-07, w-en-15, w-en-16, w-en-17 | nothing | pt and en |
| The Canary Islands | w-pt-44, w-pt-45 | w-en-19, w-en-20 | nothing | pt and en |
| Charles and Bruna | w-pt-36 | nothing | w-zh-02 | pt and zh |
| Areas affected | nothing | w-en-08, w-en-21 | w-zh-03 | en and zh |
What pt states and en does not (20 claims, by topic)
- Communiqué no. 1 forecast the centre near 34° N, 23° W, north of Madeira, at 00:00 UTC on 11 November, with a central pressure of 991 hPa. (w-pt-02; IPMA, 9 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- On 10 November at 17:07 UTC IPMA published communiqué no. 2, moving the forecast centre for 00:00 UTC on 11 November to about 34° N, 21° W at 989 hPa (it had been 34° N, 23° W at 991 hPa), still with high uncertainty. (w-pt-06; IPMA, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 11 de novembro de 2026))
- Communiqué no. 2: Madeira gusts up to 140 km/h on high ground and south-coast waves of four to five metres; on the mainland gusts of 100 to 120 km/h, locally 140, rain that could pass 100 mm in 24 hours, and south of Cabo Raso waves of five to seven metres, the highest single wave up to 13 metres. (w-pt-07; IPMA, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 11 de novembro de 2026))
- On 9 November Porto Santo Line cancelled the 08:00 and 18:00 sailings between Funchal and Porto Santo on 11 November and put on extra sailings on 10 November. (w-pt-09; Diário de Notícias da Madeira, 9 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- On 10 November Madeira's forests institute closed all classified walking routes for the whole of 11 November, and the forest road between Eira do Serrado and Pico do Areeiro. (w-pt-10; Diário de Notícias da Madeira, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- The regional government closed Madeira's schools for the morning of 11 November, reopening at 13:00. (w-pt-11; 24 Notícias, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- The ports authority said three cruise ships cancelled their calls at Funchal on 11 November; six calls had been cancelled over the previous days, counting Bruna. (w-pt-12; Diário de Notícias da Madeira, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- On 10 November TAP cancelled ten flights to and from Madeira: every Lisbon and Porto link between 00:00 and 12:00 on 11 November. (w-pt-13; Diário de Notícias da Madeira, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- Madeira's fisheries directorate closed all fish markets and cold stores from 16:30 on 10 November to 12:00 the next day; Funchal suspended waste collection and closed its cultural venues from 16:00 to 13:00; the health service suspended non-urgent appointments until 12:00; the bus company suspended seven routes until 13:00. (w-pt-14; Diário de Notícias da Madeira, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- Madeira's courts were closed for the whole of 11 November by order of the presiding judge, postponing 34 trials. (w-pt-15; Diário de Notícias da Madeira, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- Rede Expressos suspended all its coach services on 11 November from 10:00 to 23:59, with automatic refunds. (w-pt-21; ODigital, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- ANEPC published a warning to the population (Aviso 21) on the risks of rain and strong wind, with self-protection measures. (w-pt-22; ANEPC, 9 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- The environment agency (APA) identified 101 mainland municipalities at higher risk of floods and urban flooding; its president pointed to urban areas of the Algarve, the Oeste and the Centro. (w-pt-23; RTP Antena 1, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- Lisbon's city council announced the closing of the city's road tunnels from 00:00 on 11 November. (w-pt-24; Razão Automóvel, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- Lusoponte cut the speed limit to 60 km/h on the 25 de Abril and Vasco da Gama bridges and advised against motorcycles and vehicles exposed to wind. (w-pt-25; RTP, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026); Executive Digest, 2026-11-10 (consulted 2026-11-10))
- The public company Museus e Monumentos de Portugal closed its museums and monuments on 11 November, with rebooking or refunds. (w-pt-26; RTP, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026); Local, 2026-11-10 (consulted 2026-11-10))
- The GNR set up an operational reserve of about 1,100 officers on standby. (w-pt-27; Diário de Notícias da Madeira, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- Lisbon's Metro opened four stations and the Olaias interchange as night shelter for homeless people on the nights of 10 to 11 and 11 to 12 November. (w-pt-28; Diário de Notícias da Madeira, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
- Web Summit's organisers announced on 10 November that all of 11 November, the conference's second day, was cancelled, after recommendations from the government and the civil protection authorities, and said they meant to resume on 12 November if the weather allowed. (w-pt-29; ECO, 10 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 11 de novembro de 2026))
- Charles came during unsettled weather also tied to Bruna, named four days earlier; they are two independent systems. (w-pt-36; IPMA, 9 de novembro de 2026 (consulted 10 de novembro de 2026))
What en states and pt does not (3 claims, by topic)
- Red warnings were issued in Portugal (mainland and Madeira) and in Spain. (w-en-08; no footnote)
- IPMA issued orange warnings for rain, wind and rough seas in several mainland districts including Lisbon, with gusts up to 120 km/h and waves up to 6 m. (w-en-09; Euronews, 10 November 2026 (consulted 10 November 2026))
- The infobox lists the areas affected as Portugal (with Madeira), Spain (with the Canary Islands), France and Italy, and the duration as 9 November to the present. (w-en-21; no footnote)