19-03-2025
UK tourists in Canary Islands warned of 70kmh winds as alerts issued
Tourists in the Canary Islands have been warned of wind gusts of up to 70kmph after a weather alert has been put in place.
The Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has issued yellow weather warnings for parts of Tenerife, El Hierro, La Palma and La Gomera from 11am on Wednesday.
The alert warns of westerly gusts of 70kmh across higher areas of the islands.
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The Canary Islands government has also issued a pre-alert for wind due to Storm Laurence passing to the north of the archipelago.
The pre-alert warns of strong winds of with 60-70kmph in Teide National Park and Adeje, Arona, Vilaflor, San Miguel de Abona, Granadilla, Arico, and Fasnia in Tenerife; the highlands and mid-mountain areas on the eastern slopes of La Palma; the highlands and peaks of El Hierro, peaks in the northwest and southeast of Gran Canaria and highlands and mid-mountain areas on the eastern slopes of La Palma.
The pre-alert, published on Tuesday, says: "The Canary Islands Government, through the General Directorate of Emergencies, declares a pre-alert situation for wind on all islands, effective at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, March 19.
"This decision is being made taking into account information provided by the State Meteorological Agency and other available sources, and in accordance with the Canary Islands' Specific Emergency Plan for the Risk of Adverse Meteorological Events (PEFMA)."
Meanwhile, a coastal flooding alert that was in place as of 8pm local time on Tuesday, March 18, has been lifted by the General Directorate of Emergencies following an improvement in weather conditions.
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This means that the risk of coastal flooding caused by high waves reaching promenades, bathing areas and coastal roads during high tides is now over.
This new storm comes just a week after Storm Konrad battered the Atlantic archipelago, which forced AEMET to issue yellow weather warnings for heavy rain, predicting up to 15 litres per square metre in an hour and 40 litres over 12 hours across Malaga city, the Costa del Sol, Guadalhorce Valley, Axarquía, and Ronda on the mainland.
Tourists heading to Majorca in the Balearics are unlikely to escape the bout of poor weather, with a deluge of rain that could last into April.
Spain received as much rainfall in the first nine days of March as it typically does in the entire month.
