Tenerife Weather

[Nova]

The rain has just started again here.  I might go for a swim in the pool just for the hell of it 

[Guanche]

We had the spectacular thunder and lightening show in the early hours and constant heavy rain since. We have a guest going home toady so a trip to the airport is necessary but were giving ourselves 3 hours to get there just in case. Normal time 25 min!

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

We have another lull in the proceedings.  49.5mm so far.

[Michael]

So it's wet then? 

[Nova]

It doesn't matter how hard it's raining if you're in the swimming pool anyway   

[Janet]

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And again poor Playa San Juan's beach gets it. What does it take? Meanwhile, parts of La Laguna have been without electricity for some hours, and Santa Cruz is pretty much under water: Avda 3 Mayo is closed to traffic after being inundated near the petrol station, and videos abound on social media of cars being swept away as the roads on which they were parked turn into rivers. JA



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[Janet]

The storm has claimed a fatality. A 56-year-old woman has died in Avda Venezuela in the La Salud area of Santa Cruz after being swept away by flood waters. She appears to have been swept under a vehicle where she was trapped, and subsequently suffered a heart attack.

[Janet]

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Here is the current state of Playa San Juan, complete with car which was washed over the edge of a car park, into the barranco, and down onto the beach. The worst is now over, however, and apart from a few showers now, looks to be clearing up over the next 24 hours

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[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Wonder if that is the car in this link.  (Wonder if this link will post correctly?)

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Naturally, it did not post correctly so it is:  https://www.facebook.com/view.php?v=872356479449815

A friend shared it on FB. She lives in PSJ and said they put up the no parking signs in anticipation of the rain yesterday, but people moved them so they could park. 

[Janet]

Yes, that''s the one (it inserted fine!!), and yes, they put up signs and, I think, tape, but people parked there anyway, indeed moved them so as to be able to park. Idiots!