Two men fishing They were rescued this Monday on the south coast from Lanzarote, one of them in critical condition, after being swept away by a storm, as reported by the Lanzarote Emergency Consortium.
The events happened around 3:50 p.m. in the Charcones area of ​​Playa Blanca, in the municipality of Yaiza. The victims are two Italians living in Lanzarote.
After the impact of the sea, one of the affected people was able to get out of the water under their own power and the second, who is in critical condition, He was rescued by a helicopter and evacuated to the General Hospital of Lanzarote.
The 112 Emergency Coordination Center warned that this Monday the pre-alert situation in the event of harmful coastal phenomena in the Canaries, with the possibility of waves of up to four meters at high tide, around 3:30 p.m.
Pre-warning for harmful coastal phenomena This is valid since Friday and the General Directorate of Emergencies updated it at 12:00 p.m. this Monday for the north coast of Gran Canaria and the north and west coasts of El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.
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