The high temperatures that are recorded this week in the Canary Islands will not let up until next Monday and have already left a historical record of heat for this time of year and a “hellish” night in the middle of autumn, specifically in the Agaete Valleywhere the thermometers They did not drop below 31.6 degrees throughout the morning on Wednesday.
The “hellish nights”according to the rating of meteorologists, are those in which the minimum temperatures are above 30 degrees Celsius, while those of 25 degrees are defined as “torrid” and those that exceed 20 degrees “tropical.”
This anomaly was captured at the Suerte Alta station, in the municipality of Agaete, highlighted David Suárez, delegate in the Canary Islands of the State Meteorological Agency. (Aemet), who explained that on Tuesday a heat event was also recorded at the Tenerife South Airport, where the mercury shot up to 39.4 degrees. The previous record for a month of October at that station was from 2017, with a record of 38.6.
In the absence of confirmation, this Wednesday they measured 40.5 degrees at the Sabinosa stationon the island of El Hierro, and temperatures above 37 degrees in Tenerife Tacoronte and the High Luck of Agaete. Given the nighttime heat, with two other towns on the verge of the “hellish” night, Agüimes with a minimum of 29.8 degrees and Tasarte with 28.5, the Aemet activated the orange warning in the southern half of Gran Canaria until 8:00 p.m. hours, with temperatures similar to those of the previous day.
For this Thursday, yellow warnings (risk) remain in place in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, the southern half of Gran Canaria, the metropolitan area and the southern slope of Tenerife, and the eastern half of La Palma, where temperatures are expected. up to 34 degrees.
David Suárez explained that this meteorological situation is caused by the position of the African thermal ridge, which has moved westward and is generating a lot of stability in the environment. With slight rises and falls in maximum temperatures, the heat will remain until Monday, when a drop in thermometers is expected.
The Ministry of Health also extended warnings on different islands to reduce the effects of heat on health and coordinate the institutions involved. In Gran Canaria, as of October 4 and at least until the 8th, the municipalities of Agaete, Agüimes, Mogán, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, La Aldea de San Nicolás and Santa Lucía de Tirajana are under red notice (high risk). . Valsequillo remains under orange warning (medium risk); and yellow (low risk) Gáldar, Moya, Santa María de Guía and Ingenio.
On the island of Lanzarote, the municipality of San Bartolomé is in red and Arrecife, Haría, Yaiza and Teguise are in yellow. For Fuerteventura, red notices are activated in Pájara and Antigua; and oranges in La Oliva and Betancuria.
In the western province, yellow is activated in Adeje from October 6 to 8 and in San Miguel de Abona until the 6th. In La Palma, orange is in El Paso and Los Llanos de Aridane from October 4 to 6, while in La Gomera it is yellow for Vallehermoso and Valle Gran Rey on the same dates.
Since Tuesday, the Cabildo of Gran Canaria has declared the forest fire risk alertwhich includes the cutting off of traffic on the access road to Tamadaba, except for neighbors, and the prohibition of the use of the Llanos de la Mimbre camping area and the Tamadaba area.
Suffocation at the IES Aguañac
The representatives of parents on the School Council of the IES El Tablero-Aguañac yesterday criticized the “unworthy” situation that some 600 students suffer due to the lack of air conditioning, which forced the Consistory to distribute fans. In a statement, the group explains that the management asked Education to suspend classes today or teach them online, a proposal that was rejected, and sees it as “incomprehensible” that some parents have chosen not to take their children to classes, but to take them more water or pick them up because they can’t stand the heat. For this reason, they demand from the Canary Islands Government an action plan that updates the facilities, develops an action protocol to address how to proceed on days of high heat, and transfers the funds to the City Council for the construction of the new classroom.
