Canary Islands 112 logs 16 incidents and one injured in the first hours of storm Bruna

The Canary Islands 112 Emergency and Security Coordination Centre logged 16 incidents between Saturday night and the first hours of this Sunday, November 8, as storm Bruna passed through, according to the 112 service itself, as reported by Europa Press and EFE. The Canary Islands government's head of civil protection service, Montserrat Román, described them as isolated, mainly related to wind and without "special seriousness".

Most were concentrated in Tenerife, with falling branches and trees and displaced fences, drums and traffic signs, according to EFE. La Palma had five incidents; the most significant, according to Román, was that of a person taken to a health centre after being struck by a chair blown by the wind in Santa Cruz de La Palma. There were also rockfalls on the LP-2 road in Fuencaliente.

In Gran Canaria, trees fell on medium-voltage power lines in Moya, and in La Gomera the CV-14 road was closed as a precaution at El Rejo, according to Europa Press. The sources consulted do not say whether the Moya incident left customers without supply.

The wind also toppled two containers from the Boluda terminal onto the entry road to the Port of Santa Cruz de La Palma; the road reopened within an hour and a half and the 09:00 boardings went ahead normally, according to Canarias Ahora. The strongest gust cited by EFE is 112 kilometres per hour at Izaña.

Román warned that the episode "has not yet ended" and that Emergencies will review the alert and pre-alert declarations in line with AEMET forecasts.