Overview
- The Council of Ministers is set to designate the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Castilla-La Mancha, and Castile and León as severely affected zones after recent storms.
- Once approved, aid applications will open through national channels, while local authorities keep refining the damage totals now on file.
- Madrid will cover at least half of municipal infrastructure repairs, which in the Canary Islands implies roughly €90 million against an initial €180 million damage tally.
- Damage to schools in the archipelago tops €10 million, with problems reported at 24 centers in Gran Canaria and 17 in Tenerife.
- Tenerife’s island government reports €17.7 million in infrastructure damage, including €12.5 million on roads and more than €5.1 million on forest and farm tracks, while Gran Canaria totals exceed €28 million with €11.09 million for road works and €6.96 million for environmental tasks.