Overview
- Spain’s weather agency kept severe-weather alerts in place, citing the potential for more than 300 mm of rain in hardest-hit zones with flash floods, landslides and coastal waves near five meters, plus snow above roughly 1,800 meters.
- Regional authorities shut schools and kindergartens across all islands on Friday and urged residents to work from home to limit travel during the peak of the storm.
- Air travel has already been disrupted with several flights, especially to La Palma and El Hierro, diverted to other airports, and officials anticipate further cancellations and pauses to inter-island ferries.
- Forecasts diverge, with ECMWF runs projecting localized 300–500 mm by Sunday in parts of La Palma, Tenerife and Gran Canaria, while other models show lower totals; officials stress significant uncertainty in exact impact locations.
- Closures include Tenerife’s Teide National Park and the Teno mountains, and authorities advise avoiding coastal and mountainous areas where the islands’ topography and limited drainage can rapidly worsen flooding.