A blanket of snow and at the top of the imposing Teide. The Spanish Meteorological Agency (Aemet) already predicted that this Friday the rainfall would be in the form of snow on the peaks of Tenerife from approximately 2,200 meters high, something that can also happen on the island of La Palma.
Alert for rains in La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife
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As can be seen in the images of the web cameras installed in the National Park, this prediction has been fulfilled and from the early hours of the afternoon a white blanket has already been seen covering a large part of the volcano.
The storm suffered by the metropolitan area of Tenerife has caused the cancellation of three flights at the Tenerife North airport and the diversion of another three to Tenerife South throughout the day.
The deviations affected flights from Madrid, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura and the cancellations correspond to an expected arrival from La Gomera and two departures to Madrid and Fuerteventura, all due to low visibility.
Incidents
Eight municipalities in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife have so far registered most of the incidents due to heavy rains On this day, among them, those located in the Aridane Valley region of La Palma, the one affected by the volcanic eruption, and also in the north of Tenerife, especially in Santa Cruz, La Laguna, Puerto de la Cruz and La Orotava .
A team from the Tenerife Fire Station in La Orotava participated in the early hours of this morning in the extraction of a car that was swept away by the heavy rains registered in the north of Tenerife. Likewise, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife some sewerage problems have been reported, with traffic lights and a landslide on the San Andrés to Taganana road (TF-12).