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A man is helped while trying to cross a flooded street in Funchal, the Madeira Island's capital
Monday, Feb. 22, 2010

Open quoteIt was horrible: there were cars on rooftops, there were vans and trucks that had fallen and been totally crushed.Close quote

  • ANDREAS HOISSER,
  • a German tourist, on the floods and mudslides on the Portuguese island of Madeira that have killed at least 42 people
Photo: AP / Octavio Passos | Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS