Overview
- Authorities confirm four fatalities and at least one person missing after a wave swept bathers from Isla Cangrejo at Los Gigantes around 4 p.m. Sunday.
- Rescuers deployed maritime craft, lifeguards and three helicopters; a woman revived at the scene was airlifted to hospital and died overnight.
- The natural pool had been cordoned off since December 3 due to adverse coastal conditions, according to the mayor of Santiago del Teide.
- Roughly 20 people were in the pool at the time, and several left the water unaided; municipal sources reported some victims were foreign tourists, with nationalities not yet official.
- Search efforts continue despite rough seas and fading light at times, and police on Monday again removed people who breached closures at the site.