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Canary Islands Government warn of new junction closures on the TF-1 due to resurfacing works.
From tonight, Monday 16th at 22:00 through to 06:00 tomorrow morning the junctions at Tajao and Chimiche will be closed.
The Canary Islands records the highest temperatures in Spain.
With high temperatures recorded at Tenerife South Airport and La Aldea de San Nicolás (western Gran Canaria) exceeding more than 44 degrees, 44.2ºc and 44.4ºc respectively.
Renting a car in the Canary Islands this summer is almost impossible with “No Availability”.
Due to the boom in tourists and the reduction in rental car fleets in the sector has made searching for a rental car this summer almost impossible.
Amazon is looking for land in the Canary Islands to construct a large logistics centre.
So far the company is looking to settle in the Arinaga free trade zone in Gran Canaria, but similar contacts with the same purpose have been made in Tenerife.
Maximum alert level declared for risk of forest fires in the islands of Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma, El Hierro and Gran Canaria.
Alert levels have been activated from 10:00 hours today as the heatwave begins to roll over the archipelago bringing dry continental air from Africa.
Airports in Tenerife recover 6 out of 10 passengers lost to the pandemic.
Compared with figures from 2019 for July the North airport has amassed 60% flow and the South airport has only 40% of traffic flow.
Armas adapts four ships with pet cabins on routes between the Canary Islands and Andalusia.
Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea (Armas) opens 97 cabins this Thursday in which you can travel with your canine or feline friends, with two beds, floor soakers, drinking trough, feeder, and waste collection bags. These four adapted ships cover two inter-island routes and another two which connect the islands to Andalusia.
Heatwave coming to the Canary Islands with MAXIMUM temperatures of 44 degrees, lasting through to next Wednesday.
Aemet (the state metrological Agency) is yet to announce any warnings for heat within the Canary Islands, but the ensuing heatwave is certainly going to be a scorcher, with predicted temperatures reaching over 40 degrees especially in the eastern islands.
Alarm in the Canary Islands due to the loss of trade winds and rise in sea levels.
Omaira García (AEMET Izaña) highlights that "there will be an increase in temperature in the highest areas and less rainfall, as well as events such as heatwaves or subtropical storms will intensify"
80% of the population in the Canary Islands have been given the first vaccine and 65% have been given both doses.
The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands informed this morning that the SCS medical teams have now fully immunised 65.36% of the target population and that 79.28% have now had at least one jab.
OFFICIAL: Modifications to level 3 restrictions published in the BOC.
Yesterday the Canarian Government published in the ‘Boletín Oficial de Canarias’ (BOC) the new measures introduced for level 3 restrictions which began at midnight. There are slight modifications to what was announced on Friday.
Yellow alert warning for high temperatures and possible forest fires.
Aemet, the state meteorological agency has issued a yellow warning from Sunday across Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura as a heatwave moves in from Africa causing temperatures to rise up to 34ºc or more.
All of Spain including the Canary Islands have been put on Germany’s ‘Risk List’ for travel.
From today the German Government has included all of Spain in its risk list for travel due to covid, putting the country on the lowest tier of its three alert levels due to the rebound in the incidence rate in the mainland and islands.
Reinforced level 3 restrictions for Tenerife.
Details have emerged following the council meeting yesterday in which reinforced restrictive measures will be introduced at midnight on Saturday night to help fight the developing cases of coronavirus in younger people.