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07
Oct

Woman trapped in a tree on a precipice of 100 meters in the Green Cauldron

The rescue of a woman who fell and was trapped in a tree, on a cliff of more than 100 meters, in the Levada do Caldeirão Verde, is underway. From what the Jornal da Madeira managed to ascertain, only the tree will have prevented the woman from suffering a fall of approximately a hundred meters....
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Levada Queimadas
03
Oct

Tourist suffers fall at Caldeirão Verde

A tourist in his sixties had an accident today while walking along the Caldeirão Verde Levada in Santana. The man, a British national, fell from a height of around two meters and had to be rescued by the Santana Volunteer Firefighters. He was suspected to have sustained a leg fracture and was transported to the...
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Levada Rabaçal
29
Sep

Tourist injured in Levada of 25 fountains rescued by helicopter

A 37 year old foreign tourist was rescued on Monday in Levada das 25 Fontes, in Calheta, after suffering severe trauma on a leg that prevented her from returning on foot to the Rabaçal area. The relief operation was conducted Civil Protection, through the Regional Relief Operations Command (CROS), and counted the rescue team of...
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27
Sep

French tourist suffers fall in the Pico do Areeiro path

A 65-year-old French tourist suffered a fall this Saturday on the path between Pico do Areeiro. The victim will have suffered an exposed fracture in the ankle, requiring assistance. The alert was given by other hikers who were at the scene. The victim was quickly assisted by the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM), who mobilized a...
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