Shocking moment a monster wave destroys balconies THREE storeys up on a seaside block of flats in Tenerife
- Footage showed waves lashing an apartment block in the town of Mesa del Mar
- The local mayor said 65 apartments in two seaside blocks had been evacuated
- Fierce storms have hit the north of Tenerife and other parts of Canary Islands
Huge waves have destroyed seafront balconies and reached as high as the third floor of holiday apartments on the island of Tenerife, prompting evacuations.
Footage showed waves lashing an apartment block in the tourist town of Mesa del Mar in the north-west of the Spanish island.
Some 65 apartments in two blocks facing the ocean had been evacuated, according to Alvaro Davila, mayor of the municipality of Tacoronte which Mesa del Mar is part of.
It came after regional government officials decreed a state of alert as a fierce storm battered the north of Tenerife and other parts of the Canary Islands.
An apartment block in the town of Mesa del Mar, in Tenerife, is struck by huge waves which reached seaside balconies three storeys up during fierce storms
The mayor said no-one had been injured in the scare, which followed the evacuation of 39 people from two buildings in Garichico on the island’s north east coast.
Garichico was one of the worst-affected areas, with waves crashing over the sea wall and flooding streets to the astonishments of locals who filmed the water racing towards them as they ran for safety.
Further south, in the holiday hotspot of Adeje there were also reports of waves breaking the windows of a hotel restaurant, although again there were no injuries.
The first evacuations were carried out around 10pm last night, with more following around 2am today.
Many of the homes evacuated in Mesa del Mar are holiday homes.
It is not known if any Brits were among those asked to leave their apartments, although the town is popular with holidaymakers and has two natural swimming pools which are a big draw with locals and day visitors.
On the Spanish mainland, the east coast province of Valencia and parts of the Costa Blanca have been placed on red alert for tomorrow as they prepare for torrential rain.
Twenty town halls in the region, including the Costa Blanca holiday resorts of Javea and Denia, have announced schools will be shut tomorrow because of the bad weather alert.
The huge waves strike the apartment block in Tenerife where holiday homes were evacuated amid fierce storms in the Canary Islands