Overview
- Spanish media report a fourth fatality after a hospitalized woman died, while rescuers continue searching for a missing woman off Los Gigantes.
- Two of the confirmed dead were Slovak citizens, according to Slovakia’s TASR citing the foreign ministry, as officials work to confirm other identities.
- A powerful wave overtopped the stone barrier at the Isla Cangrejo natural pool and the backwash pulled people into open water, leaving several injured.
- Regional alerts for high waves were in effect since Friday and police had taped off the site, yet visitors entered the restricted area, local reports say.
- Helicopters, jetskis and boats from maritime rescue units pulled multiple people from the sea in a large operation during a winter swell that has produced similar deadly incidents on Tenerife in November.