Tenerife yesterday suffered strong gusts of wind and waves between five and six meters high as a result of the passage of the Celia storm through the Islands. The bad weather left gusts of wind on the neighboring island that reached 169 kilometers per hour in Izaña at 3:10 p.m. This was the highest streak in the entire country, according to data from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). The province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was hit harder by the wind than the eastern one. In Alto Igualero, in Vallehermoso (La Gomera) 118 kilometers per hour were recorded at 9:30 am, 101 in Candelaria, 100 in Las Cañadas del Teide and 95 in Tenerife North Airport.
According to the 1-1-2 room, it is estimated that in the entire Community there were about 400 incidents and the majority of Tenerife occurred in the municipalities of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and La Laguna, especially related to falling trees and branches, power lines, fences, walls and moving containers. In said municipality there were 92 incidents until 8:30 p.m., but none were serious. 24 trees and branches fell. One of them damaged a tourism in Tíncer. And 17 containers were displaced; one caused damage to several cars in Cueva Roja. Four traffic lights fell totally or partially. The firefighters had to remove several signs due to the risk of falling and also acted due to the damage to a structure near the Hospital Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria, loose gutters on the facades of several buildings, broken or falling fences, as well as to prevent the fall. from a mobile telephone antenna to public roads.
Municipal Services personnel removed from the road in Las Teresitas several containers and hammocks from the beach that the wind dragged to the road, in addition to breaking or displacing various infrastructures, from tents to containers, from the local kiosks. In addition, the lane closest to the beach line was closed due to flooding after the rains, due to the large amount of sand raised by the wind. On Carretera del Rosario, part of a traffic light fell and hit a woman near La Candelaria Hospital. The victim suffered minor injuries, according to local police. Prevention measures prevented further personal injury when two large trees fell, one in La Granja Park and the other in the bike lane on Avenida de La Constitución.
A woman was seriously injured after a wall fell on her in Adeje
Trees and branches fell in La Laguna, as well as displacement of containers and cable posts. According to municipal sources, six containers were displaced and one of them damaged several cars in San Benito. In addition, nine trees and eight branches of palm trees and trees fell. Four electricity poles and three telephone poles were affected by the wind. The consistory registered seven incidents due to detached plates from facades, fallen shutters or wooden windows. Some caused various damage to vehicles. Two garage doors fell off and in Las Mercedes a 25-meter section of a wall fell.
Local police and Civil Protection volunteers from Arona, as well as municipal workers, were activated to respond to any incident, such as preventing them from falling onto public roads, inspection and pruning of trees and branches, and cleaning of roads and streets. The red flag flies on all the beaches of the municipality.
In Adeje, the strong wind caused the fall of a water tank on the rear terrace of an apartment on Piedra Redonda street, in La Postura. In the same area, part of the structure of a roof in Plaza César Manrique also fell off, some “sandwich panels”, which affected some vehicles parked on the road, according to sources from the Adeje council.
A woman was seriously injured and was admitted to Hospiten Sur in critical condition after a wall fell on her from several meters high when the victim was in the pergola of a bar in a hotel in Costa Adeje.
