Madeira's nature agency says Desertas wardens are safe despite viral heavy-rain video

Madeira's Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) says the Nature Wardens stationed on the Desertas Islands are safe, in constant contact with the institute and equipped with a redundant communications system. The statement follows a video of heavy rainfall shared on social media by deputy Miguel Castro. The IFCN says the wardens' timber house was built raised off the ground to withstand such weather, and that winter downpours there are common and planned for. It criticises the footage for causing unwarranted alarm among the wardens' families, insisting heavy rain is not an emergency.