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Tenerife Tidal Surge Kills Three and Injures 15 as Canary Islands Keep Coastal Alerts

Officials have kept coastal alerts in place to keep people off exposed shorelines.

Overview

  • Emergency services confirm three fatalities across separate incidents at Puerto de la Cruz, Charco del Viento and El Cabezo, with about 15 people injured islandwide.
  • At Puerto de la Cruz, a 79-year-old Dutch woman died after a wave swept 10 people from a pier, and nine others were taken to hospitals with injuries, three in serious condition.
  • A 43-year-old man from La Orotava died after being airlifted from Charco del Viento, and an unidentified man was found unresponsive at El Cabezo in Granadilla and pronounced dead at the scene.
  • Six French tourists were injured earlier at Roque de las Bodegas after a wave pulled them into the sea, with five requiring hospital treatment, one by air ambulance.
  • Authorities deployed helicopters, coastguards and police, renewed warnings to avoid piers and breakwaters, and reported a separate three-person sea rescue on La Palma as hazardous conditions persisted.