Hundreds of houses and roads have suffered serious damage after flooding who struck her lantern Spainafter the heavy rainfall on Saturday (12.04.2025) in the Canary Islands.
The Canary Islands government declared an emergency in the tourist hotspot of the Lantente, following the flood flooding that caused severe floods. No injuries were reported by the authorities of Spain – while the emergency situation was lifted on Sunday morning.
The roads of the island were converted into a river with a fast flow that made it impossible to reach the authorities to reach the cars and houses that “sank” from the rushing waters.
Lanzarote’s Emergency Services head told local media that some houses had been immersed, with the waters leaving behind a “large amount of mud”.
Citizens who were forced to walk through the rushing waters were seen to fight as they were trying to be saved. In an excerpt, an industrial trash bin seems to float on a road on the side, with the waste overflowing from its top.
The torrential rain, which left behind a huge storm on Saturday afternoon, forced local officials to declare an emergency, which was in force until 7am. local time this morning.
It was the first time that government officials activated the emergency situation across the island based on the Special Policy Protection and Civil Protection Plan.
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In some places, about 60 liters of water fell to each square meter during the two -hour storm. As a result, emergency services on the island were called 150 times for weather -related incidents within two hours after the storm was hit on the island.