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Climate

Sand storms are getting worse: UN dedicates next decade to action

Today is the first ever International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms.

Travel News

Water pistols and strikes: What’s behind Europe’s tourism backlash?

Overtourism is putting pressure on health services, waste management, water supplies and housing at the expense of residents.

Travel News

Tenerife announces plans for an island-wide train service

If the project comes to fruition, it’s set to cost a total of €5.65 billion.

Travel News

Could Americans be the answer to Tenerife’s overtourism problem?

The largest of the Canary Islands is looking to high-spending visitors to combat overtourism.

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Travel News

Canary Island residents plan hunger strike to protest mass tourism

Activists say locals are being forced to sleep in their cars and even caves.

Earth News

Tenerife declares drought emergency after extremely dry winter

Some areas have introduced water restrictions including a ban on filling swimming pools and using drinking water for irrigation.

Travel News

€2 million of items allegedly stolen from bags at Spanish airport

Luxury watches, cash and mobile phones were among the items reported missing from checked-in luggage.

Earth News

Schools closed for days on Spanish islands due to extreme heat

Weather experts say the high temperatures are forecast to continue.

Euronews Witness

Wildfires in Tenerife: A paradise up in flames

Wildfires across the world are devastating huge areas. Often humans are the culprits with campfires, cigarettes and even arson attacks. But the question is: Is there is a link to climate change as well, to drought and heatwaves?

World News

How rescuers are saving animals from Europe's wildfires

This is how European rescue workers are trying to save the animals affected by the continents' devastating wildfires.

World News

Wildfires rage in southern Europe as soaring temperatures persist

Wildfires in Greece and the Canary Islands, caused by heatwaves across Europe, have led to the evacuation of villages as experts warn of more high temperatures

Spain

Cool weather overnight helps Tenerife firefighters battle wildfire

Heatwave conditions have raised temperatures to dangerous levels in northern Africa and Europe.

World News

The week in pictures: fires, football and F-16s

The best pictures from across Europe this week.

Canada

Tens of thousands flee wildfires in Spain and Canada

Tens of thousands forced to flee as wildfires continue to rage on the Spanish island of Tenerife and in Canada's North West Territories

World News

Tenerife firefighters hope to have its wildfires under control

Hundreds of firefighters have been responding to the blaze on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife as extreme weather brings a 40-degree heatwave to Switzerland

Spain

Out-of-control wildfire scorches Spain's Tenerife island

An out-of-control wildfire on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife has burned thousands of acres and affected nearly 8,000 people who are either evacuated or confined, authorities said Thursday.

Destinations

Book now for cheaper summer flights, travel experts advise

Airfares are set to rise, but flights to these European destinations have actually fallen, despite higher fuel costs.

Spain

German man given life sentence for murdering wife and son in Tenerife

The bodies of a German woman and child had been found "stoned to death" in a cave on the Spanish island in 2019.

Destinations

The Canary Islands: Rugged volcanic landscapes like no other

Spain’s eight Canary Islands are home to breathtaking lava fields, lush forests and black sand beaches. Here’s what to see and do during your stay.

Spain

Spain searches for girl after sister found dead near Canary Islands

Authorities suspect the two sisters were taken by their father, who is also missing.