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All of the Canary Islands are on high alert with 120mm of rain possible.
12:27, Tue, Mar 24, 2026 Updated: 12:28, Tue, Mar 24, 2026
All of the Canary Islands are under weather warnings (Image: Getty)
Tenerife and Gran Canaria have been issued orange weather warnings as Storm Therese continues to batter the holiday hotspots. The Islands are bracing themselves for more turbulent weather and heavy downpours with the unsettled weather forecast to remain until at least Wednesday.
The Spanish Met Office (AEMET) has issued orange and yellow weather warnings on all of the Canary Islands. These alerts currently expire on Wednesday; however, the weather agency warns they could be extended as forecasts are updated. Storm Therese was named by the weather service last week - mainly because of the risk of disruption in Madeira and the Azores, but now the Canaries are bearing the brunt of the unprecedented weather conditions.
Gran Canaria is blanketed by an orange weather warning (Image: Getty)
The entirety of Gran Canaria is under an orange weather alert which warns that significant danger is possible. AEMET says 30mm of rain could fall in one hour whilst a whopping 80mm is possible over 12 hours.
La Palma is also blanketed by an orange weather warning with the accumulated rainfall over 12 hours expected to hit 120mm, especially on summits and northern slopes.
Occasional thunderstorms are also forecast to hit. Gusts in La Palma are forecast to hit 70km/h (43mph). The strong winds will mainly hit mid-altitude areas in the north and high-altitude areas.
The east, south and west of Tenerife is under an orange weather alert with these parts of the island forecast to be drenched in 30mm of rain in one hour with thunderstorms possible.
The Canary Islands are all on high alert (Image: Getty)
The north, which is under a yellow weather warning, will receive slightly less rain with 15mm of rain possible an hour.
El Hierro, the smallest, youngest, and most southwestern of the main Canary Islands, is blanketed by a yellow rain weather warning. Accumulated rainfall of 20mm is expected in an hour with occasional thunderstorms possible. Fuerteventura is also under a yellow weather warning.
Last week the Tenerife Island Council - Cabildo de Tenerife - activated its emergency plan, warning locals and visitors to exercise caution and to avoid unnecessary travel.
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Temporary shelters were set up in affected areas and access roads to the Teide National Park were closed with authorities labelling it as one of the most severe storms to batter the archipelago in over a decade.
Schools in Tenerife, Gran Canaria, and several other islands were also shut on Thursday and Friday.
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