Yellow alert in Canarias for wind, waves, and heat

The State Meteorological Agency activates warnings in Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro, and La Palma due to various adverse conditions.

Generic image of a Canarias volcanic landscape with rough sea and storm clouds.
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Generic image of a Canarias volcanic landscape with rough sea and storm clouds.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated yellow alerts in several Canarias islands due to wind, strong waves, and heat, which will be in effect from this Thursday and Friday.

The alerts primarily affect Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro, and La Palma. In Gran Canaria, high temperatures are expected, reaching up to 34 ºC in the peaks and eastern, southern, and western areas, with the possibility of reaching 37 ºC. Alerts are also activated for coastal phenomena and wind with gusts of up to 70 km/h in the east, south, and west of the island.
Tenerife, La Gomera, and El Hierro will also experience alerts for northeasterly winds with gusts of up to 70 km/h, especially in low-lying areas of the southeast and west slopes. These alerts will extend throughout Friday on these islands.
For Friday, La Palma joins the warnings with a yellow alert for northeasterly winds and strong waves in its western area, with winds of 50 to 61 km/h.
Aemet specifies that the coastal phenomena in Gran Canaria will affect the east, south, and west, with winds of 50 to 61 km/h, particularly in the southeast of the island and the channel between Gran Canaria and Tenerife.