{"id":1650,"date":"2025-04-03T02:48:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1650\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T02:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:48:21","slug":"canaries-in-red-alert-for-hurricane-force-storm-nuria-bringing-maximum-danger-as-tourists-warned-and-schools-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1650\/","title":{"rendered":"Canaries in RED ALERT for \u2018hurricane-force\u2019 Storm Nuria bringing \u2018maximum danger\u2019 as tourists warned and schools close"},"content":{"rendered":"

A <\/strong>RED alert has been declared by the Canary Island’s government<\/strong> on Tenerife and La Palma with “hurricane-force” winds set to hit in hours.<\/p>\n

Brit tourists have been urged to avoid these areas between midnight tonight up until Thursday April 3.<\/p>\n

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The Spanish Met Office issued a red alert warning for hurricane-force winds on Tenerife and La Palma\"Tourists<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Carnary Islands government has issued a state of maximum Red Alert for windCredit: Alamy\"Tourists<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Canary Islands are a popular destination for BritsCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n

Hurricane-force gusts of 68 to 81 miles per hour – and even stronger -along with dangerous sea conditions, are expected to batter Tenerife<\/a> and La Palma.<\/p>\n

The most severe conditions are anticipated on Spain’s<\/a> western islands of Tenerife<\/a>, La Palma, El Hierro and La Gomera.<\/p>\n

High-altitude zones, like the summits of La Palma, the Teide National Park and the parts of Tenerife<\/a> where the south airport is located, will also be hard hit.<\/p>\n

The other islands on the archipelago are braced for strong wind gusts ranging from 43 to 62 miles per hour.<\/p>\n

Gran Canaria is under an orange alert in its northern and mountainous regions from midday on Thursday until midnight.<\/p>\n

In anticipation of Storm Nuria, schools in Tenerife<\/a>, La Palma and La Graciosa will be closed on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Canaries<\/a>\u00a0usually enjoy sunny weather and average daily temperatures of 18C around this time of year, making them a popular holiday destination for British holidaymakers.<\/p>\n

But Spain’s Met Office – AEMET – issued the Red Notice today for the east of La Palma in Tenerife<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The agency said in a tweet: “Storm Nuria will leave hurricane-force wind gusts, exceeding 130km\/hr, between 5am and 5pm (Canary Islands time) on Thursday, April 3. <\/p>\n

“The danger is extraordinary. Extreme caution.”<\/p>\n

Tourists have been warned to close their doors and windows to avoid damage to property from the storm.<\/p>\n

Nuria is the fourteenth named high-impact storm of the season.<\/p>\n

Along with the Canary Islands<\/a>, the storm will bring rain, strong winds and cooler temperatures to much of Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

European holiday hot spot hit by flash floods as tourists warned to stay inside<\/p>\n

Heavy rainfall is also expected to hit Galicia, the Balearic Islands and the Cantabrian mountain range.<\/p>\n

Authorities have also announced yellow warnings in the provinces of Cadiz, Huelva and Seville.<\/p>\n

The arrival of storm Nuria will interrupt the period of dry and warm weather that Spain has experienced in previous weeks.<\/p>\n

The Canary Islands were ravaged by flooding last month<\/a> – with Gran Canaria<\/a> battered by torrential rain.<\/p>\n

Tourists and locals saw their cars swept away in devastating flash floods, as they were told to stay indoors.<\/p>\n

Shocking pictures and video from the time showed dangerous waters destroying homes and covering streets with piles of mud.<\/p>\n

Terrifying footage showed a woman being rescued from a car engulfed in flood water in Gran Canaria.<\/p>\n

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Shocking video showed cars being swept away in floods on Gran Canaria last monthCredit: Reuters\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

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A car is swept away by the rain in the Las Bachilleras ravine in Telde on Gran Canaria island on March 3Credit: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A RED alert has been declared by the Canary Island’s government on Tenerife and La Palma with “hurricane-force”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,184,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-1650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-section-newsworld-news","10":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114271755002525270","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}