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The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 6-8 March 2020
It's International Women's Day weekend with official celebrations happening this Sunday, 8th of March. AEMET, the Spanish state meteorological agency is predicting unpredictable weather for Friday on the north of the island and at the summits, with a high possibility of some rain but improving everywhere as we reach Sunday, which is looking to be a beautiful winters day. We have a super busy weekend ahead with local and European cheeses on offer in the northern highlands of Valleseco. Loads...
The Maspalomas International Carnival 2020
The International Carnival of Maspalomas 2020 starts tomorrow, running from March 5 to 15, dedicated this year to the theme of ‘Musicals’. Once again it will be focused on the main public square at the Yumbo Shopping Centre, in Playa del Inglés, with some events in various new locations around this popular southern tourist heartland of Gran Canaria. Carnival in the south starts this Thursday, March 05, at 20:00 with an Inaugural Gala and a Drag Queen pre-selection event, where candidates will...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 28 February – 1 March 2020
Gran Canaria Weather: A beautifully gorgeous and much more "normal" for this time of year, late-winter weekend ahead on Gran Canaria, following last weekend's Calima mayhem, sunshine and bright blue skies are predicted. There have been some reports of a return of the Saharan dust, which closed airports last Saturday and Sunday, however we have seen very little evidence of anything to be expected more than a slight haze in the air . With temperatures climbing to around 26ºC...
“Worst calima in forty years” says Canary Islands president “A nightmare weekend”
The president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, said on Monday that the Canary Islands hope to begin to recover normalcy after "a nightmare weekend", as a result of the worst Calima (Saharan dust storm) "in 40 years." Speaking on breakfast television Los Desayunos de TVE, Torres said that the archipelago is still on alert for calima, but conditions are gradually improving, especially on two of the four fronts that have kept the islands in an exceptional situation: the strong winds...
The two seaplanes required for the Tasarte fire, on Gran Canaria, will arrive this afternoon
At the moment two Canadair amphibious airplanes are being directed from Torrejón de Ardoz (near Madrid) to Gran Canaria, which were requested since the fires began and made available by the Government of Spain. These seaplanes were not able to leave before now due to weather conditions and operational problems that have occurred over recent days in Canarian airports, as a result of the yellow alert for weather and wind. At around 6:00 p.m., the two Canadair are scheduled to arrive on Gran...
Firefighter injured protecting member of public from debris in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria
Firefightrer saves passerby from falling roofing in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria fire crews continue to try to control fire #IFTasarte in high winds
The Gran Canaria fire that broke out on Saturday (hashtagged #IFTasarte by official sources for Incendio Forestal Tasarte) has so far affected more than 1,000 hectares of the Inagua natural park, which has the potential to transfer the blaze across the inland sections of Mogán municipality and towards the summits at the centre of the island. The areas affected at the moment have been primarily scrublands and so far the fire has not been reported to have entered the pine forests Several fire...
Gran Canaria airport closing again to all flights in or out
Gran Canaria airport have reported that they are now closed to all flights inbound and outbound this Sunday afternoon due to the intense episode of Calima, bringing thick dust from the Sahara desert and continuing to complicate the work of Canary Islands airports. The extreme weather event is affecting the entire archipelago, along with strong winds, which in some parts of the islands have exceeded 160km/h According to sources from Spanish Airport Authority AENA, until around 1230 today the...
Fires on Gran Canaria appear controlled, situation evolving…
The Canary Islands' Government's 1-1-2 Emergency and Security Coordination Centre (CECOES) recorded nearly 200 wind-related incidents through the night, mostly centred on Gran Canaria and Tenerife and to a lesser extent on Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, La Palma and La Gomera islands. The incidents are primarily related to tree falls, awnings, billboards, pergolas, lamp posts, metal plates and container movements, among others. By island, the most affected municipalities are San Bartolomé de...
Calima and Wind to continue for another few days, with possibility of rain showers to follow
Following a night of heavy Calima gusting across the north, south and west of Gran Canaria it seems that this morning things have calmed, just a little, though there is still and abundance of wind and dust, with prediction models suggesting that a return of some of the intensity is likely through the day on Sunday and, at least, into the first half of tomorrow, Monday. The Spanish State Meteorological Agency AEMET have forecast more strong winds and dust, leading them to issue a further yellow...
