Flash floods on the Portuguese Atlantic island of Madeira killed at least 42 people.

洪水在葡萄牙大西洋岛的马德拉杀死了至少42人。

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Even worse was the discovery of various overruns, shortfalls and hidden debts totalling EURO3.4 billion, including as much as EURO1.1 billion from the island of Madeira alone.

雪上加霜的是，新发现的各种超支、亏空和隐藏债务高达34亿欧元，其中仅马德拉岛就占了11亿欧元。

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An island thousands of miles off, where they make wine - the butler did tell me - Madeira.

几千英里外的一个岛，那儿出产酒管家告诉我的。

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An English entrepreneur, living on the Portuguese island of Madeira, said "the future looks very, very bleak and panic is in the air".

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It was due to depart at 3 p.m. for Funchal on the mid-Atlantic island of Madeira with 1, 498 passengers and 594 crew aboard, the authority said.

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The island of Madeira was one of the last European stops before heading across the Atlantic, it was common for merchants to toss a barrel or two on board.

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