Hundreds of Homes and Roads on Lanzarote Have Been Flooded, After Torrential Rainfall Swept Across the Canary Island Saturday.
Lanzarote’s Government Declared A State Of Emergency Overnight After 6cm (2.4 Inches) of Rain Poured Down The Popular Tourist Destination In Just Two Hours.
No injuries Have Been Reported by The Spanish Authorities – And The State of Emergency Was Lifted on Sunday Morning.
The Head of Lanzarote’s Emergency Services Told Local Media Some Homes Had Be Submerged, Leaving Floodwaters Leaving A “Great Quantity of Mud”.
“We Have Been Working All Night, Attending 300 Calls Overnight, Many of Them in Arrecife and Teguise,” Enrique Espinosa Said Sunday.
According to local media, emergency services attended more than 150 incidents in Costa Teguise and in Excess of ARRECIFE.
The Area of San Bartolomé was badly hit, According to Lanzarote’s Government.
Dramatic Footage Circulating On Social Media Shows A Floodwater Flowing Flowing Rapidly Under Bridge, Leaving Cars Stranded flooded roads.
The Canaries Are Particularly Vulnerable To Hit Floods When Hit An Intense Rain, As Their Dry Climate and VolCanic Rock Mean The Ground Does Notorb Large Volumes of Water.
The Torrential Rain Came Off the Back Of Olivier, which swept over the Canaries, Mainland Spain and Portugal in Recent Days – Triggering Several Weather Alerts.
SPAIN’S METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FOR MANY AREAS OF THE MANY AREAS TUESDAY – INCLUDING STORMS IN THE ITH EAST, RAIN IN THE BALERARIC ISLANDS AND WIND IN PARTS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH COAST.
