La Palma on flood alert as Andalusia sends an ES-Alert to 30 municipalities over storm Charles

The Canary Islands government's Directorate General for Emergencies has declared a flood-risk alert on La Palma from 12:30 on Wednesday, while the rest of the islands remain on pre-alert, according to Informativos Telecinco. The Cabildo (island council) of La Palma has activated a preventive plan to evacuate residents of Puerto de Tazacorte in case the Las Angustias ravine overflows, although no evacuation has taken place so far, according to RTVC.

According to RTVC, wind gusts have reached 180 km/h on Mount Teide and 162 km/h in Santa Cruz de La Palma. Several roads remain closed on La Palma, including the LP-4 to Roque de los Muchachos, and there are problems with the power supply in El Paso; the Cabildo of Tenerife has closed road access to Mount Teide. Aena, Spain's airport operator, has so far recorded 12 cancelled flights and 6 diversions at Tenerife North and La Palma airports, according to the same source.

In Andalusia, the regional government sent an ES-Alert message at 15:17 to mobile phones located in the 30 municipalities on the Huelva coast, the Cádiz coast and the Strait covered by the orange wind warning, with gusts of up to 120 km/h, as reported by the regional emergencies minister, Antonio Sanz, according to Informativos Telecinco. The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras has reported that shipping companies have cancelled departures from the port of Tarifa scheduled from 14:00.

In Extremadura, classes have been suspended across the whole region on Wednesday, according to the same broadcaster. There is no overall official damage report for the day yet.