Garachico dawns desolate after the effects of the surf - La Provincia

Garachico has dawned on the morning of this Sunday, November 18 completes legs up after the waves flooded some of its streets. The orange notice decreed by the Aemet (Agencia Estata de Meteorología) by coastal phenomena in some points of Canary Islands they were noticed in this municipality in a notorious way. The neighbors did not come out this Saturday night from their amazement with the force with which the waves entered the land. Some of them did not hesitate to take their cameras and mobile phones to portray the moment, which some even came to compare with the swell of February 13, 1987, which claimed the lives of two people. Yesterday, luckily, there was no regret for personal injuries, but the damage is numerous.

Between the incidents registered in Garachico The evacuation of 24 people was the night of this Saturday after the waves entered the building where they were and the elevator was affected. Firemen of Tenerife carried out the evacuation and the Red Cross was in charge to lodge to a group in the municipal pavilion of sports and to locate the rest with relatives.

Also, the surf Saturday night broke the balcony of a third floor of a building on Avenida Tome Cano, so about 15 people had to be evacuated.

Also, the swell He also broke the glass of the first floor of a building in Mesa del Mar and the water reached the second floor, so several homes had to be evacuated. In Adeje there were also incidents, as the waves broke the window of a hotel restaurant on La Lava Street where several people dined. In none of the cases were there any regrets injured.

The orange notice decreed this Saturday by the Agency for coastal phenomena, with waves of five to six meters, affected west of La Palma, El Hierro and north and metropolitan area of ​​Tenerife, as well as Lanzarote and Fuerteventura on Sunday, but there is also notice yellow in La Gomera and north of Gran Canaria. The notice has been extended to this Sunday and will turn yellow on Monday in the same spaces.

The Government of the Canary Islands also activated this Saturday an alert for adverse coastal phenomena in all the islands, before the possibility of producing waves of up to six and a half meters, with sea waves combined four to six and a half meters high on the open coasts to the north and to the west of all the islands, and waves of four meters in the rest of the coast.

For this one Sunday Cloudy skies or intervals of clouds are expected in the Canary Islands, when generally weak rains are expected but without ruling out some showers, winds with local gusts of up to 60 kilometers per hour and temperatures in descent, according to the State Meteorological Agency.

The maximum will reach 23 degrees in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and 22 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the minimum will be 18 degrees in the two capitals of the archipelago, according to its prediction, which announces moderate northwest winds with local strong intervals in which It could give gusts of up to 60 kilometers per hour.

Winds from the northwest are also expected, although with the possibility of turning north or southwest at times, in the waters of the Canary Islands, where its force will oscillate between 4 and 6 and there will be swell or strong swell, with northwest sea of ​​up to 6 meters .

The weather forecast for this Sunday, by islands, is as follows:

LANZAROTE

Partly cloudy in the morning with cloud intervals of medium and high clouds starting at noon. Low probability of some weak and scattered rain, mainly in the north during the second half of the day. Minimum temperatures with few changes and maximums in light to moderate descent. Northwest wind with intervals of strong in the interior in central hours.

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES PROVIDED (C): Reef 16 22

FUERTEVENTURA

Cloudy intervals. Low probability of some weak and scattered rain, mainly in the west during the second half of the day. Minimum temperatures with few changes and maximums in light to moderate descent. Northwest wind with intervals of strong in the interior in central hours.

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES PROVIDED (C): Puerto del Rosario 17 22

GRAN CANARIA

Cloudy intervals in general, with cloudy skies in the interior. Weak and scattered precipitation, especially in the midlands, without ruling out occasional showers and isolated in the southeast. Temperatures with few changes, in light to moderate descent of the maximum in the north and east. Northwest wind with intervals of strong in medium and high areas.

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES PROVIDED (C): Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 18 23

TENERIFE

Cloudy intervals in general, with cloudy skies in the interior. Weak and scattered rainfall, especially in the interior and in the midlands of the north and east, where occasional and isolated squalls are not ruled out, as well as in the southeast. Minimum temperatures with few changes and maximum in descent, something more pronounced in the north and east. Northwest wind with intervals of strong in medium and high areas. In the Teide, strong northwest wind, with gusts that could be around 60 km / h.

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES PROVIDED (C): Santa Cruz de Tenerife 18 22

LA GOMERA

Cloudy intervals with probable weak and scattered rains, especially in medium altitudes. Temperatures in slight decrease. Northwest wind, more intense in medium and high areas.

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES PROVIDED (C): San Sebastián de La Gomera 19 23

La Palma

Cloudy intervals in general, predominantly cloudy skies in the interior. Weak and scattered precipitation, especially in the midlands, without ruling out an occasional and isolated rain shower in the northwest and southeast. Minimum temperatures with few changes and maximum in slight decrease. Northwest wind with intervals of strong in medium and high areas. In summits, strong northwest wind with gusts that could be around 60 km / h.

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES PROVIDED (C): Santa Cruz de La Palma 16 22

El Hierro

Cloudy intervals with probable weak and scattered rains, especially in medium altitudes. Minimum temperatures with few changes and maximum in slight decrease. Northwest wind with intervals of strong in medium and high areas.

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES PROVIDED (C): Valverde 14 17