Is it safe to travel to the Canary Islands after flooding in Gran Canaria? - As Carnival season arrives in the Canary Islands, some performances were cancelled due to the adverse weather

Eyewitness footage captured cars stranded on flooded streets and a vehicle being swept into the sea by rising floodwaters in Spain’s Gran Canaria on Monday (March 3). Residents in the Telde region later joined forces with emergency services to clean streets blanketed in mud. This video contains language some people may consider offensive.

On 2 March, the Canaries’ government issued a severe weather alert, warning of heavy rains as well as hail and snow, while AEMET suggests the storms could last until at least 5 March. The Spanish Tourist Office UK said: “We have spoken to our partners in Gran Canaria with regards to recent localised flooding in the area of Telde.

The flooding has affected Gran Canaria’s 850,000 residents leaving streets buried under mud and debris, and vehicles submerged beneath bridges.

Tourists on Gran Canaria have been warned to stay indoors following flooding, which has seen piles of mud and dirt cover streets and drag cars under bridges and into the sea

Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands has been hit by major floods which have seen cars being swept out to sea. Tourists have been warned to stay indoors as the rising water levels pose a serious hazard across the holiday island.

Gran Canaria, a popular holiday hotspot in the Canary Islands, has been ravaged by catastrophic flooding, which has seen vehicles washed into the ocean. Holidaymakers have received direct warnings to remain inside as surging waters pose extreme dangers across the island.

Rising floodwaters saw cars swept downstream as reservoirs burst their banks and covered entire neighbourhoods in sludge and debris. Seven beaches in Telde, Gran Canaria have been shut off to the public after the island was stuck by flooding which saw one car being swept out to sea.

Floods swept cars down ravines and into the sea after heavy rain hit nearby hills in Spain’s Canary Islands. Passersby yanked one woman from car as it was starting to be dragged away by fast, muddy water overflowing from a stream on Gran Canaria.