The Government of the Canary Islands has suspended school activities on Monday, December 16 in El Hierro and La Gomera, as well as in some municipalities of Tenerife due to the maximum alert due to winds that affect these islands, a decision to which the University of La Laguna.
In Tenerife classes have been suspended in the municipalities of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tegueste, Tacoronte, Candelaria and El Rosario, but it is not ruled out that it will expand in the next few hours to other areas of the island, reports EFE.
The incidents caused in the Canary Islands by the strong winds derived from the Atlantic storm Dorothea have intensified in the last hours in the Canary Islands, although without personal injuries, as reported by sources from the 112 Emergency Coordination Center.
Tree and pole falls of telephone lines, landslides and closure of some roads are the most common damages until midday.
The islands of La Gomera, El Hierro and the north and west of Tenerife remain on high alert due to the strong gusts that have exceeded the 100 kilometers per hour (up to 126 km/h). There have also been some incidents at the Tenerife North airport, with flights diverted to Tenerife South.
In El Hierro there have been power cuts and the HI-1 highway remains closed, as well as the Llanía path. In the municipality of Frontera The solar panels of a house have blown up.
In La Palma the wall of a greenhouse has fallen and there are road closures LP-109 and LP-213.
On that island, a Canary Islands Government helicopter has rescued the skipper of a private boat that was adrift and that He was treated for hypothermia.
In La Gomera it has been registered the fall of a palm tree in Vallehermoso and Christmas trees in Valle Gran Rey.
In Tenerife they have communicated iincidents due to falling trees, branches or poles in Santiago del Teide, Adeje, Tacoronte, Puerto de la Cruz, Los Realejos, La Orotava, La Victoria, Guía de Isora, La Matanza and El Sauzal.
The Government of the Canary Islands maintains maximum wind alert in the north and west of Tenerife, El Hierro and La Gomera, alert in the rest of Tenerife and La Palma. The rest of the islands are on pre-alert.
There is also an alert for coastal phenomena on all the islands, while the alert for forest fires in Gran Canaria it has been lowered to pre-alert.
The Tenerife-Deportivo match is postponed
For its part, the Tenerife Cabildo has decided to suspend the football match between CD Tenerife and Deportivo de La Coruña due to the maximum wind alert affecting the island of Tenerife, where gusts of up to 120 kilometers per hour.
According to the Cabildo, the president of the institution, Rosa Dávila, has communicated this situation to the president of the Tenerife Sports Club, Paulino Rivero.
As the Tenerife Island Emergency Plan is activated due to the effects of the storm Dorothea, whose effects are being felt with special intensity on the northern and western slopes of the island, and given the Aemet forecasts regarding a possible intensification of the wind , “we have decided to suspend outdoor activity at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López to ensure people’s safety“Dávila indicated.
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