Floods hit holiday island of Madeira

People look on as cars are swept down the street in Funchal
Photograph: Duarte Sa/Reuters

A man is helped while trying to cross a flooded street in Funchal
Photograph: Octavio Passos/AP

A resident looks on as floodwaters overflow from a Funchal canal
Photograph: Gregorio Cunha/AFP/Getty Images

Water surges through Funchal's harbour area
Photograph: Gregorio Cunha/AFP/Getty Images

Mud and water rush down a street in Funchal
Photograph: Octavio Passos/AP

Vehicles wedged against a block of flats in Funchal
Photograph: Silvia Reis/EPA

A body is trapped in the wreckage of a car in Funchal
Photograph: Duarte Sa/Reuters

A man walks out of his destroyed house in Ribeira Brava
Photograph: Gregorio Cunha/AFP/Getty Images

A man walks in a crater made by the floods in Ribeira Brava
Photograph: Manuel De Almeida/EPA

Rescue workers remove a body from the mud in Ribeira Brava
Photograph: Manuel De Almeida/EPA

People look at cars buried under debris in Funchal
Photograph: Duarte Sa/Reuters

A man walks through a street in Funchal as people look at the flood damage
Photograph: Duarte Sa/Reuters

People walk over the debris in downtown Funchal
Photograph: Duarte Sa/Reuters

A man retrieves a dog from a house wrecked by a mudslide outside Funchal
Photograph: Armando Franca/AP

A woman and her son stand in a mud-filled street of Funchal
Photograph: Manuel De Almeida/EPA