Storm Oscar has brought heavy rain and near-100km/ph winds to parts of the Canary Islands this week, with the region set to face a third day on storm alert.
Storm Oscar arrived in the Canaries on Monday (Credit: @MetOffice)
The wind and rain earlier this week triggered a Foreign Office alert for the Canaries and Portugal’s Atlantic islands, with the weather heading across the region in a northeasterly direction.
Gusts of 95km/ph were recorded in Izana in Tenerife’s north and in Roque de los Muchachos in La Palma on Tuesday (6 June), with these areas also experiencing the heaviest rainfall.
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