Canary Islands declares rain alert on five islands as storm Bruna approaches

The Government of the Canary Islands has declared a rain alert for El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife and Gran Canaria from 21:00 this Saturday, and a pre-alert for Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and La Graciosa, according to Diario de Avisos. It has also declared a storm pre-alert for all the islands from that same time and a wind alert from 12:00 for La Palma and parts of El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife and Gran Canaria.

According to Spain's State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), cited by EFE, La Palma is under an orange warning this Saturday for rainfall of 30 litres in one hour and 100 litres in twelve hours, and under orange and yellow warnings for gusts of between 70 and 90 kilometres per hour. Tenerife has orange and yellow warnings for gusts of between 70 and 90 km/h, mainly on the summits, and La Gomera and El Hierro a yellow warning for gusts of 70 km/h.

Diario de Avisos places the worst of storm Bruna on Sunday November 8, with orange rain warnings for La Palma, Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro and Gran Canaria, and yellow warnings for Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. The same outlet reports that the Cabildo of Tenerife is activating the Island Emergency Plan from 00:00 on Sunday, closing trails, forest tracks, recreational areas and access to the Masca and Infierno ravines.

According to Diario de Avisos, Civil Protection expects a temporary improvement on Monday and Tuesday, although rain and wind could intensify again from Wednesday. AEMET will keep updating its warnings over the weekend.