Wildfires and Floods: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Water and fire. Two elements that can cause natural harms to Madeira’s environment. In this video, Raimundo Quintal, a geographer committed to the natural preservation of Madeira, explains what “aluviões” (floods) are, while Miguel Sequeira, a biologist and the former Director of the Institute of forests and Nature Conservation, clarifies the connection between aluviões and wildfires in Funchal, the capital of the archipelago.