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On 15 August 2023, a forest fire broke out on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands of Spain. The fire, driven by the wind, heat, and low humidity levels, caused mass evacuations, widespread damage to the island's flora and fauna, [1] as well as power and water supply cuts in some of the affected municipalities.
The vertical Canary Current. The Canary Current is a wind-driven surface current that is part of the North Atlantic Gyre.This eastern boundary current branches south from the North Atlantic Current and flows southwest about as far as Senegal where it turns west and later joins the Atlantic North Equatorial Current.
The Canary Islands (/ k ə ˈ n ɛər i /, Spanish: Canarias, Spanish: [kaˈnaɾjas]), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish region, autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Morocco.
The renewable energy sources in the Canary Islands [1] include solar, wind, geothermal, and ocean energy, as well as government policies, initiatives, and challenges associated with the adoption of renewable energy in the region. In 2020, renewables generated 17.5% of the total electricity on the Islands compared to 16.% a year before.
A solar explusion began arriving to the Earth Thursday morning and could bring northern lights across much of the country come nightfall, including the metro-east.
I-55 remains shut down in both directions
El Hierro (Spanish: [el ˈʝero] ⓘ), nicknamed Isla del Meridiano (the "Meridian Island"), is the farthest south and west of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, with a population of 11,659 (2023). [2] [3] Its capital is Valverde. At 268.51 square kilometres (103.67 sq mi), it ...
(The Center Square) – Whether Illinois should be enjoined from enforcing the state’s gun and magazine ban starting Monday is now up to a federal appeals court. Illinois enacted the Protect ...