An uncommon hailstorm has dyed the volcanic landscapes of Lanzarote white this Saturday. From the Timanfaya National Park to Masdache, Tinajo, Teguise or Arrieta, the hail has modified the colour of the island for just a few hours.
The hailstorm has stunned the dromedaries that waited in useless for the vacationers within the “Echadero de los Camellos” space. Adverse climate has pressured the walks to be interrupted.
The ‘walled’ vineyards of La Geria have additionally been coated by a white layer.
Meteorological “insanity”
The origin of those phenomena is within the displacement of a middle of the chilly nucleus, which has been situated on the north of the island.
The middle of the chilly nucleus, in its displacement, has been situated simply to the northeast of the island of Lanzarote @tenerife_meteo @AGMCan
In its cyclonic motion, the road of convective exercise has come to be situated on the north of the island
In that space, greater than 26 liters have been registered pic.twitter.com/ILNKea3P0k
— Isaki64 (@isaki64) February 4, 2023
The Geographical and Meteorological Actualidad Twitter account describes what has occurred on the island as “insanity”, with “hail, sea sleeves, storms, mud storms, rain…, suddenly”.
It has been a day of utmost climate phenomena on the island. A twister has affected the municipalities of Tahíche and Teguise.
The Lanzarote Emergency Safety Consortium has warned of the potential of heavy rains all through the afternoon this Saturday.
The physician in geography Abel López has documented in his profile among the mud storms which have traveled Lanzarote.