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Hundreds of sunbeds are covered in anti-tourist graffiti in co-ordinated protest on Tenerife beaches as locals continue their campaign against holidaymakers
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Hundreds of sunbeds are covered in anti-tourist graffiti in co-ordinated protest on Tenerife beaches as locals continue their campaign against holidaymakers

Daily Mail  

Vandals have covered hundreds of sunbeds on two popular Tenerife beaches in anti-tourist graffiti as part of a continued campaign against holidaymakers. Over 230 sunbeds lying on Las Vistas beach and El Camisón, both on the south of the island, were vandalised in the early hours on Thursday morning, local media reported. Local officials said they were appalled by the …

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Desperate hunt for Jay Slater: Brit, 19, goes missing in Tenerife after calling friends from remote mountain range saying he was lost and needed water following three-day rave festival - as his mother
6 months ago

Desperate hunt for Jay Slater: Brit, 19, goes missing in Tenerife after calling friends from remote mountain range saying he was lost and needed water following three-day rave festival - as his mother

Daily Mail  

The mother of a British teenager who went missing after getting lost in a Tenerife national park yesterday said she is 'beside herself with worry' in her first comments since touching down in the Canary Islands today. Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, travelled to the Canary Islands for this past weekend's 'New Rave Generation' music festival with pal Lucy …

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From Europe to Canada to Hawaii, photos capture destructive power of wildfires
1 year, 4 months ago

From Europe to Canada to Hawaii, photos capture destructive power of wildfires

Associated Press  

The destructive power of wildfire has been a defining feature of a summer of climate extremes. A local resident watches the wildfire in Avantas village, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Aug. 21, 2023. Residents try to reach their houses in Benijos village as a wildfire advances in La Orotava in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Aug. 19, …

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Banana farmers lose livelihoods as lava devours Spain’s La Palma
3 years, 1 month ago

Banana farmers lose livelihoods as lava devours Spain’s La Palma

LA Times  

Antonio Álvarez carries a bunch of bananas in a banana plantation on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands. Lastly, Antonio Álvarez had to watch as lava from a volcanic eruption slowly devoured the remaining pillar of his family’s wealth: the dozen acres he dedicated to growing the Canary Island banana that for generations has served as the agricultural lifeblood of …

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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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