Heavy storms with waves of up to six meters in height have led to devastation on the Canary Islands over the weekend. Particularly badly affected was the weekend of the northwest of Tenerife.
In the area of Garachico, 65 apartments were evacuated as a precaution, reported the Spanish newspaper "El Confidencial". Videos distributed on the internet show how huge waves of the Atlantic sweep balconies in a multi-storey residential building.
Catalonia also suffered heavy rains. In Navata in the province of Girona 170 liters of water per square meter fell from the sky, it said. About injured or dead nothing is known. Until now, nothing is known.