Tropical storm Delta has affected salad crops in the Canary Islands. The storm passed over the islands last night and hit Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro hard. Growers are evaluating damage in the fields and a more complete report should be available on Wednesday, according to exporters association Fedex.
The storm began affecting the islands on Monday morning and struck the most easterly La Palma first. It moved across the archipelago throughout the day and evening but it was La Palma that suffered the highest wind speeds of 152km/h. Elsewhere wind speeds were recorded at over 100 km/h.
According to Angel Rivera, head of forecasting at the Spanish met office, this is the first season in living memory that tropical storms have hit the islands - they were reached by tropical storm Vince last month. “It is very difficult to tell whether this sort of phenomenon will become more common,” said Rivera. “But there may be a tendency for tropical storms to be moving up in latitude.”
The storm blew itself out following its arrival in the Canary Islands as it headed for north Africa.
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