News 2019 in Spain

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This August 21, 2019 will remain in the anal in the province of Alicante in the Valencian Community in Spain.

Indeed there was an exceptional disturbance that crossed the southern part of the Valencian Community this Wednesday in August, the most rainy day for 160 years in the summer in Alicante and the existence of precipitation records in the region.

The rain record in number

Between 2:00 and 8:00 am on August 21, 2019 in Alicante there was torrential rains reaching in the middle of the night in an hour 41 L per square meter around 4am.

A total of 87 liters / m2 fell during this remarkable rainy episode especially in Alicante which usually has dry summer.

Waves in Alicante

On the Alicante coast the waves have reached 2 meters high, making some beach party hallucinating for holidaymakers on the spot in this summer 2019.

The day was as beautiful as the following days according to the weather in Alicante.

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In the middle of the summer of 2019, it was a serious fire that broke out on the island of Gran Canaria (Gran Canaria).

It is in the center of the main and tourist island of the Canaries that the fire spreads. Important means again this Monday, August 12, 2019 are deployed on site with including 500 firefighters, helicopters and airplane to contain the fire that has ravaged more than 1000 hectares so far.

More than a thousand people have been evacuated on the island of Gran Canaria in an area where mass tourism is not yet present.

Where is this big fire in Canary's Island

The villages of Artenara and Tejeda are the most affected with many evacuated homes. The place is steep on the road to Pico de las Nieves and difficult to reach.

On Monday morning there are no casualties, only a few people inconvenienced by the thick smoke that are being treated at local health centers.

The wind make difficult the stop of this fire

The most complicated for firefighters on the spot in the Canaries are the strong gusts of winds that sweep the Canary Islands in this month of August. Windspeeds between 75 km / h and 90 km / h have been recorded which constantly revives the fire and does not extinguish it completely.

During the afternoon of Monday, August 12 the fire is not yet under control by the fire brigade of the Canary Islands but it does not progress anymore.