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CIVISA Raises Faial-Pico Channel Volcanic Alert to V1 at 12:06 on Saturday 16 May as Seismicity Climbs Along the Madalena-Lagido Submarine Line — Cachorro System Under Eight-Day Watch

CIVISA Raises Faial-Pico Channel Volcanic Alert to V1 at 12:06 on Saturday 16 May as Seismicity Climbs Along the Madalena-Lagido Submarine Line — Cachorro System Under Eight-Day Watch

CIVISA raised the Faial-Pico channel volcanic alert from V0 to V1 at 12:06 on Saturday 16 May 2026 as low-magnitude seismicity returned to the Madalena-Lagido submarine line. The watch holds for eight days; the Cachorro Submarine Volcanic System is the structure under observation.

Rangel Contradicts Marco Rubio's Fox News 'Said Yes Before We Asked' Praise on Lajes for Operação Fúria Épica — MNE Says Pedido Landed After the 28 February Iran Strikes, PS Calls It 'Humilhação à Escala Planetária' and PCP Files CPI on Friday 15 May

Rangel Contradicts Marco Rubio's Fox News 'Said Yes Before We Asked' Praise on Lajes for Operação Fúria Épica — MNE Says Pedido Landed After the 28 February Iran Strikes, PS Calls It 'Humilhação à Escala Planetária' and PCP Files CPI on Friday 15 May

Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel rejects Marco Rubio's Fox News claim that Portugal 'said yes before we even asked' on Lajes for Operação Fúria Épica. MNE says the formal pedido for equipment transit, including MQ-9 Reapers, only arrived after the 28 February strikes on Iran began.