storm claudia This affected the municipalities of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, with 120 incidents reported to the island’s emergency services by the early hours of Thursday morning this week, and around 80 liters of rain per square meter was released in various parts of Gran Canaria. According to forecasts from the Spanish Meteorological Agency (Aemet), claudia The impact on the archipelago will continue throughout the day, extending as far as half of the western peninsula. As a result, cloudy skies, strong wind gusts and rainfall are expected, especially in Galicia, the western Central System, the Cantabrian Mountains, western Andalusia and Extremadura. Fifteen autonomous communities are under orange and yellow notices. The orange ones are already active in the Canary Islands, Asturias and Cantabria, and will be in Andalusia, Castile and León and Extremadura this afternoon. Cloudy skies are expected for the rest of the peninsula, but no rain.
According to 112, strong winds and rain were recorded in the Canary Islands between 10 p.m. 6 a.m. on Wednesday and 6 a.m. today caused incidents in San Cristóbal de la Laguna, Ico de los Vinos and Arona on Tenerife, and in Mogan, San Bartolomé de Tirajana and Aguímes on Gran Canaria.
Emergency services are also called upon to act in situations involving road landslides, sewage flooding and residential drainage, in addition to other incidents involving power lines. Five roads are also closed on Gran Canaria due to landslides.
The front associated with the storm is currently over Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and the city of Puertos del Estado has decided to close the ports of Arrecife (until 2pm) and Puerto del Rosario (until 6pm) as a precaution.
According to the Lanzarote Emergency Consortium, there has been only one reported injury from one of the incidents recorded so far on these islands. A woman was struck by a metal plate that had been torn off by the wind on Calle Leon and Calle Castillo in Arrecife. Around 6 a.m., the storm sent more than 200 bolts of lightning into the ocean from the island’s west coast.
During the night, rain moved into Gran Canaria, especially in the south-central part of the island and into the highlands.
During Wednesday claudia Records released by the state weather office show that more than 100 liters of water per square meter was released at various locations on La Palma Island, including Roque de los Muchachos and El Paso. Outside of La Palma, the heaviest rains fell on Tenerife, especially Cañadas del Teide.
The storm was also accompanied by strong winds, reaching speeds of over 100 km/h on La Gomera and Tenerife on Wednesday. Wind gusts on El Hierro also approached this speed, especially in Sabinosa in the northern part of the island.
Ehmet warns people to be careful of rising valleys, some flooding, and falling branches and objects from high places.
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