SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, June 4 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated the orange warning (significant risk) in the Canary Islands due to maximum gusts of wind that may exceed 90 kilometers per hour and the yellow warning (risk) due to rain that could leave up to 60 liters per square meter. in twelve hours and winds of up to 70 km/h.
The orange warning for maximum gusts of wind of 90 km/h will be active next Tuesday, June 6, from 12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on the islands of La Palma and Tenerife, mainly affecting the northwest slope and summits, as well as to the municipality of El Paso.
That same day there will also be a yellow warning in La Gomera and El Hierro due to winds that could reach maximum gusts of more than 70 km/h, mainly on the summits and northwest and southeast slopes of both islands.
As for rain, the Aemet has activated the yellow warning in the western islands and Gran Canaria. Thus, in Cumbres and the west of La Palma an accumulated precipitation in 12 hours of up to 60 liters per square meter could be recorded. In the case of La Gomera, El Hierro and the east, south and west of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, up to 15 liters per square meter could fall in one hour.
The activation of these warnings occurs as a consequence of the interaction of a subtropical air mass (warm and humid) with a cold mass associated with an Atlantic storm that for the days of Tuesday and Wednesday will cause an increase in instability in the environment of Canary Islands. Precipitation will be more probable and abundant in the islands of greater relief.
