The popular tourist destination of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands has some challenging weather conditions.
The situation kept the emergency services busy and there were delays in air traffic, according to the Finn Evening newspaper.
The holiday destination was hit by red rain, better known as blood rain, and a powerful sandstorm.
The blood rain meteorological phenomenon has also affected Norway in the past.
Possibility of blood rain in Norway
Flights cancelled
Iltalehti came into contact with the Finnish Saara (19), who has just returned from a holiday in Las Palmas.
– The real storm started on Tuesday. There weren’t many people outside, the swimming beaches were almost empty and the roof terrace of the hotel was closed.
Due to many canceled or delayed flights, Las Palmas airport was quite busy. The flight Saara took home was so late that he missed the next flight.
“Explosive”
Local emergency services said so on Twitter to have received more than 60 missions in the islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife on Tuesday night alone.
Local journalist Eduardo Robaina has on Twitter photos and videos shared from the dunes of southern Gran Canaria, where the strong wind and rain, together with the sand dust of the Sahara desert, make the conditions “explosive”.
Visibility is very poor in many places.
Blood rain in Norway
Blood rain has already been seen even further north in the world. Earlier this spring it rained red in both Trøndelag and Rogaland.
The phenomenon derives from the red dust of the Sahara, which blows over Europe and mixes with the rain.
According to Great Norwegian encyclopedia then “rain of blood”, and “snow of blood”, are rain and snow of a reddish color that leaves a reddish mud on the ground. This may be due to dust which has been stirred up from deserts or the like, and which is carried by high currents of air to distant places.”
