THE ISLANDERS

AZORES, PORTUGAL. 1,500 kilometres off the coast of Europe and 4,500 kilometres from Brazil, nine volcanic islands dot the surface of the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. They are renowned for the anti-cyclone weather system. It means good weather for Europe but on the island of Sao Miguel, a Portuguese territory, the story is entirely different. Will it rain? Not rain? That question dominates daily life on the island