Floods hit holiday island of Madeira Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Scenes from Funchal and Ribeira Brava of the aftermath of deadly mudslides and flooding caused by torrential rain Mon 22 Feb 2010 06.37 EST People look on as cars are swept down the street in FunchalPhotograph: Duarte Sa/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A man is helped while trying to cross a flooded street in FunchalPhotograph: Octavio Passos/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A resident looks on as floodwaters overflow from a Funchal canalPhotograph: Gregorio Cunha/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Water surges through Funchal's harbour areaPhotograph: Gregorio Cunha/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Mud and water rush down a street in FunchalPhotograph: Octavio Passos/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Vehicles wedged against a block of flats in FunchalPhotograph: Silvia Reis/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A body is trapped in the wreckage of a car in FunchalPhotograph: Duarte Sa/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A man walks out of his destroyed house in Ribeira Brava Photograph: Gregorio Cunha/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A man walks in a crater made by the floods in Ribeira Brava Photograph: Manuel De Almeida/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rescue workers remove a body from the mud in Ribeira Brava Photograph: Manuel De Almeida/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter People look at cars buried under debris in FunchalPhotograph: Duarte Sa/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A man walks through a street in Funchal as people look at the flood damagePhotograph: Duarte Sa/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter People walk over the debris in downtown Funchal Photograph: Duarte Sa/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A man retrieves a dog from a house wrecked by a mudslide outside Funchal Photograph: Armando Franca/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A woman and her son stand in a mud-filled street of FunchalPhotograph: Manuel De Almeida/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Topics Portugal Natural disasters and extreme weather Flooding