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UK tourists are urged to follow safety guidance as the Canary Islands government raises the alert level for Lanzarote and Fuerteventura due to ‘bad sea conditions.’

Local governments in the Balearic and Canary Islands are planning to “coordinate action” against mass tourism, according to local news reports.

UK tourists in the Canary Islands are urged to follow safety guidance as the government maintains the ‘state of pre-alert’ due to ‘bad sea conditions’.

The Canary Islands government has raised the alert level to ‘maximum’ as emergency services recorded more than 300 incidents due to strong winds in the western islands over the weekned. People are warned to ‘not let their guard down’ as Tenerife, El Hierro and La Gomera are battered by winds reaching 100km/h.

UK holidaymakers in the Canary Islands have been warned of “very strong” winds this weekend. Weather alerts have been issued for the western islands by Aemet, Spain’s national weather agency.

British holiday visiting the Canary Islands could face up to 70kmh winds as the government of the Canary Islands declares a pre-alert situation for wind in El Hierro, La Palma and Tenerife.

The Canary Islands are currently under a state of ‘pre-alert’ for ‘coastal phenomena’ after rough sea conditions were forecast for the archipelago. The north and west coast of El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote; and the north coast of Tenerife and Gran Canaria are covered by the warning.

The Canary Islands Government has declared a state of alert on the island of La Palma as ‘very heavy’ rain showers are forecast. An amber weather warning has been issued for the island, with rainfall of up to 100mm in 12 hours forecast.

UK tourists have been issued a ‘clear message’ by residents of Lanzarote amid anti-tourism protests. On Sunday, October 20 a reported 10,000 people participated in demonstrations against mass tourism across the Canary Islands.

A surge of protests is sweeping across popular Spanish tourist destinations, including Barcelona and Tenerife, as locals take to the streets to demand action against soaring rents and overwhelming tourism. On Sunday, over 8,000 protesters marched through the streets, chanting: "We don't need more tourists."

Anti-tourism protesters stormed beaches in the Canary Islands and surrounded sunbathing holidaymakers on Sunday (October 20).

Holidaymakers in the Canary Islands have been urged to take “extreme caution” as the government issues a “pre-alert” warning for dangerous coastal conditions today, Thursday, October 17. A warning is in place from 11am for the north and west coasts of La Palma, El Hierro, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, as well as the northern coast of Tenerife, La Gomera and Gran Canaria.

Holidaymakers staying in Gran Canaria are warned that they could receive an alert on their mobile phones next week as the government plans to test its emergency warning system. The exercise will be carried out on Thursday, September 26 between 10am and 12pm local time.

Authorities of the Canary Islands are concerned about poor living standards for locals, despite being a major tourist destination.

Several of Spain's most popular holiday hotspots have been placed under weather warnings this week as a bout of stormy weather takes hold.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Buenos Aires and Madrid-based Bikini Films is presenting Carolina Daza’s Canary Islands mystery series, “Non Trubada” at Iberseries’ Co-Production and Financing Forum. Set in Spain’s Canary Islands in the year 2025, “Non Trubada,” meaning Not Found in Latin, centers on the mythical island of San Borondón, which resurfaces after a period below the water.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Canary Islands-based filmmaker Paula Bilbao, whose debut documentary “Inshallah,” about the Las Raíces migrant camp in Tenerife, won the Audience Award at the MiradasDoc festival this year, is turning to fiction in her upcoming dramedy “A Supermarket in Tigaday.” Among the projects in the development showcase at MIA’s Spanish Screenings on Tour, “A Supermarket in Tigaday” focuses on Fer, a frustrated musician, who returns home after a 20-year absence to bury his estranged father. He turns to the music of his past to deal with his grief but to his great surprise, he finds that his father is still alive and that he must prove himself to earn his inheritance, a tiny supermarket in the town of Tigaday.

The Canary Islands are set to be battered by Storm Oscar, bringing heavy rain, winds of up to 55mph and possible flooding, UK holidaymakers have been warned. The islands are a popular tourist destination with Brits but this week the weather is set to turn.

Jet2 has issued a warning to passengers travelling to Spain today (Monday, February 27) that their flights could be “delayed” due to strike action. Air traffic control workers are walking out at several Spanish airports, including Alicante, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.

Police have launched an investigation after a human skull and bones were found buried on a beach by a family in the Canary Islands.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has signalled the return to a nationwide“new normal” by the end of June.