The Canary Islands Government has lifted the strong wind warning it had issued due to the arrival of Storm Charles, and schools have resumed as normal across all the islands, including Tenerife, La Palma and La Graciosa, where lessons were suspended on Wednesday.
The flood warning issued on Wednesday on La Palma due to the rising water levels in the Las Angustias ravine at its mouth in Tazacorte has also been lifted.
The autonomous community’s Directorate-General for Emergencies has taken this decision in view of the favourable development of the weather situation on the islands.
Storm Charles: Met Office lifts the warning for Thursday
In fact, as of this Thursday, the State Meteorological Agency has not issued any warnings for the islands, whereas on Wednesday the entire autonomous community was under an orange warning (significant risk) for wind and high waves, and La Palma and the mountain peaks of Tenerife were under a red warning (extreme risk) for wind.
On Wednesday, wind gusts of over 100 kilometres per hour were recorded in Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro, with a maximum of 148 km/h in Izaña, Tenerife.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, the strongest gusts were recorded in Gran Canaria and Tenerife, reaching 56 km/h in Tasarte and Lomo de Pedro Alfonso on the former, and in Izaña on the latter.
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