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Number missing in Madeira floods rises sharply

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-02-23 07:51
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Number missing in Madeira floods rises sharply 

People look on as a street with vehicles is engulfed by heavy flooding in downtown Funchal, Madeira February 20, 2010. Fatalities have been reported from the floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains on Saturday on the Portuguese island of Madeira.The number of people missing after floods hit the resort island of Madeira has jumped, raising fears the death toll in Portugal's worst natural disaster in a decade may rise sharply, officials said on Monday. [Photo/Agencies]