Meteorological history | |
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Duration | 20 February 2010 |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | 51 |
Damage | >€1 billion (US$1×109 in 2010) |
Areas affected | Madeira, Portugal |
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The 2010 Madeira floods and mudslides were the result of an extreme weather event that affected Madeira Island in Portugal's autonomous Madeira archipelago on 20 February 2010. The flash flood killed 51 people, of whom 6 are still to be found, and injured 250. Around 600 people were left homeless.[1][2]