- La Palma in the Canary Islands suffered a widespread power outage on Monday following torrential rainfall of up to 30 litres per square metre per hour.
- Regional authorities activated an emergency response plan to monitor essential services after issuing a maximum rainfall alert.
- Unusual weather also brought snow to nearby Tenerife, forcing authorities to close the summit of Mount Teide to hikers without proper winter equipment.
- Despite the high-altitude snowfall, lower areas of Tenerife are expected to remain warm with temperatures reaching up to 28C.
- The storm and snowfall follow recent seismic activity in the archipelago, including two small offshore earthquakes near Lanzarote in late October.
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