The power of the winds that drags The storm Nuriawho will hit Spain from Thursday, led to the decree the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) Red notice, the maximum, for that day in the Canary IslandsIn particular, in the East of the island of La Palma, where there are gusts of wind above 130 kilometers per hour of 120 are called hurricanes because they are those generated by a hurricane of category 1 on the Saffir-Speson scale for 12 hours, between 5.00 and 17.00 (canaric time). The rest of the islands will also be influenced by the wind to a greater or lesser extent, therefore they will be under notice, but of lower rank, orange or yellow, due to strong strips from 100 to 70 kilometers per hour.
“The danger is extraordinary. A lot of caution! Stay informed and consult the notices in force on our website and app”, prays the Aemet on its social networks. The issue of a red warning is an unusual fact, which occurs “only in case of Exceptionally intense and rare phenomena“That they can have very serious, event catastrophic consequentces, in goods and infrastructure and put people’s lives at risk, according to the semaphic system of aemet notes, Called Meteoaalerta. From Janogey 2020 to March 31, 2025, Only Seven Reds for Winds Have Been. Activated Throughout Spain, The Last Three in the Canary Islands in December 2024, Another Three in The Valencian Community in The Valencian Community from Europe.
As a result, the general emergency department of the Canary Islands He declared the maximum alert situation in La Palma and Tenerife and vigilant in the rest of the islands. The Ministry of Public Education has suspended the face -to -face school activity in Tenerife, the palm and the gracious, while the regional government asks, among other measures, to be Avoid leaving the house, close and protect the doorswindows and curtains; that the vases and all the objects that can fall into the streets are removed; that there are no frames, balconies or facades in bad condition; The movements of the road are positioned; This does not go out of the excursion or camping; And to avoid calling the phone, except in case of emergency to 112 and to request information at 012.
But the storm Nuria It will also cause strong rains, very strong winds and little state of the sea in the rest of the canary archipelago and in the vast areas of the peninsula. Therefore, in addition to the red, there will be orange, the second level of the three stairs contemplated by the Weather System, for gusts of wind of 100 kilometers per hour in Gran Canaria, La Gomera, El Hierro and Tenerife and Yellow, the minimum, from the wind of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. All the islands will also be under a yellow warning from Bad Sea and Palm, Gomera, Iron and Tenerife, moreover, for the rain. On the peninsula, on the other hand, the notices will all be yellow and influence Aragon, Navarra, Balearic Islands and the Basque country, of wind; to the Balearic Islands and Valencia of the community, of Bad Sea; Already Castilla-la Mancha, Castilla y León and Community of Madrid, for rains.
Nuria era Baptized on Tuesday by the EMET Be the Canary Islands the first affected area and is already the Fourteenth of great impact of the current season of appointments of the southern team -ovest Europe to which Spain belongs. This team It was created in 2017 by the agencies of Spain, Portugal and Franceto which Belgium and Luxembourg later joined, a baptizes the worst temporary And therefore to warn better than its possible adverse effects to the population in the form of wind, rain, snow or bad sea.
This storm It is the fifth baptized in less than a month After the roof of Jana (appointed March 6), Konrad (March 10), Laurence (March 14) and Martin (March 18). “But none of them generated a red warning. There were red notices for the rain on March 3rd in Castellón and Malaga, first Jana. Then there were “, Rubén del Campo, spokesperson for the EMET, contextualizes the questions of this newspaper.
Him Thursday It will be the worst day of the storm. “There are very strong winds and little state of the sea in the Canary Islands and intense rains in the most mountainous islands. In the peninsula, important rains, especially inside the peninsula, while the rains will be less likely in Galicia and in the Mediterranean area. In addition, there will be strong winds in the third north”, they will describe the field. The temperatures will fall inside the peninsular and increase in the cantabrium and the Mediterranean and overcome the 25th in points of the south -est as in Murcia. It will snow from about 1,500 meters above sea level.
Him Friday, The level will rise from about 1,800 to 2,000 meters, since the temperatures in general will increase. “Nuria It will continue to leave intense gusts of wind in the third north, as well as generalized and locally torments, less likely on the Cantabriano coast and in the Mediterranean area “, advances from the field. These rains will be abundant in western Andalusia, in the apthemadura and, above all, in the environment of the central system – the South of Castilla Y Leurs for half. On the map of the notices, they will all be yellow In Andalusia (rain, wind and storms), ballear islands (wind and bad sea), Castilla y León (rain), Extremadura (rain and storms) and community of Valencia (bad sea). There will be no warning in the Canary Islands.
