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Migrants onboard

Spanish Salvamento Maritimo (Sea Search and Rescue agency) vessel ‘Salvamar Adhara’ tows a boat carrying African migrant people, part of a group of 242...

Spain PM hopes Tenerife wildfire will stabilise ‘in coming days’

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Monday that he hoped a wildfire that has forced thousands of people to evacuate on the holiday island...

Firefighters make gains against Tenerife wildfire

LA OROTAVA, Spain—Firefighters made gains in their battle against a vast wildfire on Tenerife on Sunday after better-than-expected overnight weather helped them keep the...

Mass evacuations as Tenerife wildfire rages on

La Orotova, Spain—Firefighters battling a vast wildfire on Tenerife are facing another very difficult night after severe weather conditions worsened the blaze, forcing thousands...

Thousands evacuated after fire on Spain’s La Palma 

Spanish officials said Saturday they had evacuated more than 2,500 people from La Palma in the Canary Islands, where fire has destroyed 4,500 hectares...

Volcano island flights resume after ash closed airport

Flights to and from La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands resumed Saturday after the airport reopened following a 48-hour closure due to volcanic ash,...

La Palma flights resume as volcanic lava reaches sea

A commercial flight flew into La Palma in the Canary Islands on Wednesday, the first since an erupting volcano forced a weekend airport closure,...

Canary Island volcano lava hits sea, raising fears of toxic gases

Madrid—Lava from an erupting volcano in the Canary Islands has reached the ocean, volcanologists said, raising fears of toxic gases being released as the...

Canaries volcano lava reaches sea, raising toxic gas fears

Lava from an erupting volcano in the Canary Islands has reached the ocean, volcanologists said, raising fear of toxic gases being released as the...

17 migrants found dead off Canary Islands

Madrid—Seventeen people were found dead Monday on a boat drifting off El Hierro in Spain’s Canary Islands, officials said, as migrant arrivals to the...

4 people die after migrants’ ship sinks off Canary Islands

At least four people died when a boat carrying about 30 migrants sank off Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, emergency services said. Rescuers...

New virus restrictions come in force in two Spanish regions

New restrictions to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, including the closure of discos and a partial ban on smoking outdoors, went into...

5,000 evacuated over wildfire

Lomo del Pino, Spain"•A raging wildfire on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria forced the evacuation of some 5,000 people, authorities said Sunday,...
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