Status: 09/26/2022 07:39 a.m
More than 250 flights have been canceled in the Canary Islands due to a tropical storm. Wind and record rainfall downed trees and caused landslides.
A storm hit the Canary Islands over the weekend. According to airport operator Aena, 252 flights were canceled and another 38 were diverted due to tropical cyclone Hermine. Most failures were on the island of Tenerife.
Storm and heavy rain also led to landslides. Roads had to be closed due to fallen trees. No injuries have been reported as a result of the hurricane.
Tropical cyclone Hermine caused record rain on the Canary Islands over the weekend. A number of roads had to be closed due to fallen trees, like here in Tenerife.
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Record rain for September
Rainfall of more than 100 liters per square meter was registered on the islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Gomera, La Palma and Hierro.
The Spanish authorities put the entire archipelago on alert. According to the weather agency Aemet, record amounts of precipitation were recorded for September in Tenerife in particular.
Geologically speaking, the archipelago belongs to Africa with its location south-west of Morocco. As part of Spain, however, it is politically part of the EU. The storm is expected to be over by Monday morning.