The City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has activated this Monday the municipal emergency plan (PEMU) for the alert situation in the Canary Islands by meteorological phenomena derived from the Celia storm. The PEMU will be in force until further communication, as detailed by the Consistory it’s a statement.
Thus, the municipal outdoor facilities (sports centres, municipal swimming pools, sports fields…) are closed and any leisure activity, both sports and cultural and of a similar nature, is suspended outdoors.
The Emergency and Security Coordination Center (Cecoes) 1-1-2 has so far coordinated some 75 incidents due to the wind alert situation in the Canary Islands as a result of the Celia storm, which will affect the Islands, at least, today and tomorrow.
As reported by 1-1-2, most of the incidents are located in the municipalities of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and La Laguna and are related to falling trees and branches, power lines, fences, walls and displacement of containers.
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has extended the orange warning (significant risk) due to the passage of the Celia storm in the Canary Islands, which, until now, has caused incidents due to the strong gusts of wind recorded from the early hours on the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria.
Practically, the entire Archipelago is today and tomorrow at significant risk due to wind and strong waves, as well as snow on the more mountainous islands (Tenerife and La Palma).
Tenerife could reach gusts of up to 130 kilometers per hour at peaks and high areas of the island. In the rest, winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour are expected.
The Aemet indicates that the skies will dawn this Tuesday cloudy with persistent weak and moderate rains in the north and interior of the islands of greater relief, as well as in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where clearing will open as the day progresses.
The temperatures will hardly experience changes and the wind, from a moderate to strong component, could blow with greater intensity during the first hours of the day due to the passage of the Celia storm in the Canary Islands.
STORM CELIA IN THE CANARY ISLANDS
The Emergency and Security Coordination Center (Cecoes) 1-1-2 has so far coordinated some 75 incidents due to the wind alert situation in the Canary Islands as a result of the Celia storm, which will affect the Islands, at least, today and tomorrow.
Thus, rainfall is expected to be persistent in the north of the Islands and will be accompanied by northerly winds with strong or very strong gusts and rough seas, with waves that can reach six meters.
As reported by 1-1-2, most of the incidents are located in the municipalities of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and La Laguna and are related to falling trees and branches, power lines, fences, walls and displacement of containers.
To a lesser extent, incidents are also dealt with in the Tenerife municipalities of Candelaria, Güímar and Arafo, and in the Gran Canaria municipalities of Teror, Arucas, Firgas and San Brígida.
One of the most relevant incidents has been the fall of a wall on a bus on the Cardón highway, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, without causing serious injuries.
Agents of the Local Police have moved to the place after learning of the fall of this wall on the Cardón highway, at the height of the access to the Díaz Casanova Industrial Estate.
Likewise, in the Paseo de Chil area, a palm tree has fallen in the direction of the port, before the intersection with Avenida de Escaleritas, for which a traffic lane has had to be closed.
IMPORTANT RISK
Twenty-six provinces, including the two in the Canary Islands, will be on notice this Monday for rain, wind and coastal phenomena and for snow in the case of Tenerife and La Palma, according to the prediction of the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) for this March 14, 2022. Malaga has activated an extreme risk warning (red) due to rain.
During this Monday, an Atlantic low with an associated frontal system will be located to the southwest of the Peninsula and will leave cloudy or covered skies and widespread rainfall, although unevenly distributed.
At first, the rains are expected on the eastern façade and, with less probability, in the Balearic Islands. In the second half of the day they are expected in the northern and western thirds of the Peninsula. In the central strip of Andalusia and the South Plateau, as well as in the south of the North Plateau, they will remain practically all day, and may be locally strong or persistent in the Central System and, above all, around the Mediterranean coast. Andalusian, where they can be accompanied by a storm.
Rains can also be abundant in the Iberian system and the eastern end of the Pyrenees. Due to an influx of Saharan dust, precipitation is expected to come with mud in a large part of the Mediterranean, central and southern peninsular area. In the Canary Islands, the skies will be cloudy with rain and showers, and they will be more abundant in the north of the mountainous islands and less likely and weaker in the rest.
The AEMET has activated yellow warnings (risk) for rain in Madrid Cáceres, Ávila, Segovia, red level in Malaga.
