The tornado that, on February 28, passed through Faro, overturning boats and causing damage in the Dock area of Faro, was the most read news, in 2018, in the Sul Informação. The themes related to bad weather were, in fact, those that aroused the greatest curiosity from readers in the year just ended.
The news published with the title "Tornado overturns boats and causes damage to cars and terraces at the Doca de Faro” was read by 96.911 people, having had a reach of 132.991 Facebook users. The article also generated 10.482 reactions, comments and shares on this social network.
The ferry connection between Portimão and Funchal was also one of the themes of the year for readers. On June 12th, when it was published an article reporting the start of ticket sales, the news was read by 46.040 people. On Facebook, the theme generated 2595 reactions, comments and shares, reaching 46887 people.
In third place, in the "Top 10" of the year of Sul Informação, comes the news, published on March 10, about the arrival of storm Felix in the Algarve, with winds of 122 km/H. This article was viewed by 34.569 people and elicited 3052 reactions, comments and shares on Facebook, reaching 81.324 users.
The same happened with the tornado that, in March, it wreaked havoc in the municipalities of Faro and Olhão, and that was one of the most watched news of the year, with 32.895 readers. On Facebook, this news reached 81.324 users and generated 3052 reactions, shares and comments.
The news of an accident that, on the 30th of July, in Estômbar, on the EN125, caused one dead and nine injured, was the fifth most read of the year. 29.645 people read the article, which generated 1721 reactions on Facebook and reached 57658 people.
The sixth most read article of the year was also about an accident, but in Messines, which involved a truck and a car, and caused the death of a 39-year-old woman. Your son, a one-year-old baby, was injured in the accident.. This news was read by 29.600 people and reached 52.702 users of the social network, getting 1176 reactions, comments and shares.
In seventh place, again an article about the ferry that it reconnected Portimão and Funchal on the 2nd of July, and which had 27.298 readers. Also on social media, the article was a success, generating 5503 reactions and reaching 52.427 people.
A storm that, on March 1st, devastated the Nosolo Aqua bar in Portimão, was the subject of the eighth most read news of the year, having been seen by 27266 people on the website. Sul Informação. On Facebook, 58.587 people were reached with the publication, who responded 3355 times to the publication.
History also generated interest in readers of Sul Informação, with the article by Aurélio Nuno Cabrita that revealed which are the best beaches in the Algarve for 100 years, to be seen by 23.420 readers. On Facebook, this publication reached 31.867 users, obtaining 930 reactions, comments and shares.
Closing the top most read news is the accident that, on September 29, involved an EMARP van in Mexilhoeira Grande and caused one death and two injuries. The article was opened on the website 21234 times and reached 58716 people on Facebook, generating 1412 reactions.
Throughout the month of August, the Sul Informação published no less than 136 news about the Monchique fire, a topic which, by the way, dominated the year 2018. Of these articles, more than half were reports. There were even days when virtually the entire news flow in our newspaper was dominated by fire-related information.
Although none of the articles reached the top 10, the most viewed on this topic was published on the morning of the 7th of August, after a night when the flames reached the village and Caldas de Monchique. A total of 16 698 readers saw this news, which had a reach of 52.517 people and generated 3245 reactions, of which 1838 were of sadness.
In total, in 2018, the Sul Informação it had, in 2018, according to data from Google Analytics, 6.970.123 readers, of which 886.199 were registered in August.
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