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Best Canary Islands to visit for winter sun holidays in 2024/25
2 months ago

Best Canary Islands to visit for winter sun holidays in 2024/25

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Best Canary Islands holidays Tenerife open image in gallery Tenerife is sandwiched between the Sahara and the Atlantic and sunny …

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Spain's popular tourist island of Tenerife suffers worst wildfire in decades
1 year, 4 months ago

Spain's popular tourist island of Tenerife suffers worst wildfire in decades

Hindustan Times  

Firefighters battled overnight to try to bring under control the worst wildfire in decades on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, a major tourist destination, officials said Friday. Residents of the town of Aguamansa clean the surroundings of their houses due to the proximity of the fire, as wildfires rage out of control on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, …

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At least 300 migrants missing at sea near Spain's Canary Islands, says aid group
1 year, 5 months ago

At least 300 migrants missing at sea near Spain's Canary Islands, says aid group

India Today  

At least 300 people who were traveling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain's Canary Islands have disappeared, migrant aid group Walking Borders said on Sunday. Two boats, one carrying about 65 people and the other with between 50 and 60 on board, have been missing for 15 days since they left Senegal to try to reach Spain, Helena …

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Island turns into open-air lab for tech-savvy volcanologists
3 years ago

Island turns into open-air lab for tech-savvy volcanologists

Associated Press  

LAS MANCHAS, Canary Islands — They come with eagle-eyed drones and high-precision instruments. Scientists from around the world are flocking to La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, to take advantage of a volcanic eruption happening just an hour’s drive from an international airport and the safety of being able to work under the escort of …

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Lava flowing into sea creates delta, expands Spanish island
3 years, 2 months ago

Lava flowing into sea creates delta, expands Spanish island

Associated Press  

LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands — The surface of Spain’s La Palma island is continuing to expand as lava from a volcanic eruption flows into the Atlantic Ocean and solidifies when it hits the water, European Union scientists said Thursday. Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth observation program, said Thursday that its satellite imagery showed a D-shaped tongue of molten …

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Lava from La Palma eruption finally reaches the Atlantic
3 years, 2 months ago

Lava from La Palma eruption finally reaches the Atlantic

Associated Press  

LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands — A bright red river of lava from the volcano on Spain’s La Palma island finally tumbled over a cliff and into the Atlantic Ocean, setting off huge plumes of steam and possibly toxic gases that forced local residents outside the evacuation zone to remain indoors on Wednesday. Even though initial air quality reading …

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52 feared dead, 1 survivor, on migrant boat going to Spain
3 years, 4 months ago

52 feared dead, 1 survivor, on migrant boat going to Spain

Associated Press  

LISBON, Portugal — A woman who was the only person pulled from a sinking dinghy in the Atlantic Ocean told her rescuers that the boat had left Africa a week earlier carrying 53 migrants, Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said Friday. A merchant ship spotted the inflatable dinghy on Thursday, 255 kilometers south of Spain’s Canary Islands, and alerted Spanish emergency …

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Spain in diplomatic push over migrant flow to Canary Islands
4 years, 1 month ago

Spain in diplomatic push over migrant flow to Canary Islands

Associated Press  

MADRID — The Spanish government is ratcheting up its response to the steady build-up of migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands from Africa, including a fresh diplomatic offensive. Though the government has come under pressure from local officials to transfer a significant number of migrants and asylum seekers to the Spanish mainland, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said Friday that the …

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