US EditionThree die as heavy seas batter Spanish island of Tenerife
- On Sunday, officials said strong waves pulled three people into the Atlantic during a tidal surge, killing them and injuring fifteen others in four incidents along Tenerife's coast on Saturday.
- Since Friday, the Canary Islands Government put the archipelago on pre-alert for coastal phenomena with exceptionally large waves and fierce winds, warning against walking coastal paths and ignoring preventive buoys.
- At Puerto de la Cruz, local police reported ten people were swept into the water, one woman confirmed dead, and multiple victims hospitalised.
- Rescue teams said a Canary Islands Government helicopter crew pulled a man from Charco del Viento, La Guancha, who later died, while lifeguards and medical staff failed to resuscitate a man found at El Cabezo de Granadilla de Abona beach.
- The island has been left reeling after Tenerife experienced one of its most tragic coastal days, and the Canary Islands Government urged residents and visitors to stay inland amid ongoing pre-alerts.
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Warnings ignored: On Tenerife several people were captured by high waves. Among the injured are also three Germans. The authorities admonish for caution on the coasts.
People are washed in the sea, there are those who are dead.
Several people were swept away by giant waves on the Spanish island of Tenerife, killing three and injuring 15, local authorities said. Among the dead was an elderly Dutch woman who was swept away with nine others by waves on Saturday afternoon near Puerto de la Cruz on the island's northern coast. The people were eventually rescued by passersby and police, but the Dutch woman suffered a heart attack and died at the scene after being unable to b…
Three people were killed and 15 injured on the island's coast over the weekend. Such giant waves are particularly common in the autumn and winter months due to storms coming from the Atlantic Ocean.
Three people have died in strong waves in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain's Canary Islands, authorities said on Sunday.
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