Paisajes 'marcianos': situación de alerta en Canarias por el temporal de polvo

Las inclemencias atmosféricas se han conjugado en contra de las Islas Canarias en las últimas horas. La calima, un polvo rojizo procedente del desierto del Sáhara, se cernió el 23 de febrero sobre el archipiélago a causa de los fuertes vientos, de hasta 160 km/h en algunos puntos de su geografía. Como resultado, se han desatado varios incendios cuya extinción se antoja complicada en las actuales condiciones.

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A la casi nula visibilidad, teñida de color ocre, se suma el fuego. Como si de una película de catástrofes naturales se tratara, las llamas avanzaron amenazantes por los parajes de Degollada de Tasarte, en la isla de Gran Canaria. Más de 300 hectáreas han resultado arrasadas, así como 200 personas evacuadas. Aunque su foco ya ha perdido fuerza, el fuego afecta a la Reserva Natural de Inagua.

© AP Photo / Andrés GutiérrezTwo people in carnival dress walk across a bridge in a cloud of red dust in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Flights leaving Tenerife have been affected after storms of red sand from Africa's Saharan desert hit the Canary Islands. Saturday's carnival was cancelled but Sunday's events are going ahead. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

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Two people in carnival dress walk across a bridge in a cloud of red dust in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Flights leaving Tenerife have been affected after storms of red sand from Africa's Saharan desert hit the Canary Islands. Saturday's carnival was cancelled but Sunday's events are going ahead. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

© AFP 2023 / Desireé MartínPlanes are pictured at Tenerife South–Reina Sofia Airport during a sandstorm on February 23, 2020 on the Canary Island of Tenerife. - Airports on Spain's Canary Islands were closed after strong winds carrying red sand from the Sahara shrouded the tourist hotspot. (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP)

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Planes are pictured at Tenerife South–Reina Sofia Airport during a sandstorm on February 23, 2020 on the Canary Island of Tenerife. - Airports on Spain's Canary Islands were closed after strong winds carrying red sand from the Sahara shrouded the tourist hotspot. (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP)

© AP Photo / Andrés GutiérrezA passenger covers his nose and mouth in a cloud of red dust at the airport in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Flights leaving Tenerife have been affected after storms of red sand from Africa's Saharan desert hit the Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

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A passenger covers his nose and mouth in a cloud of red dust at the airport in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Flights leaving Tenerife have been affected after storms of red sand from Africa's Saharan desert hit the Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

© AP Photo / Andrés GutiérrezTwo people in carnival dress walk across a bridge in a cloud of red dust in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Flights leaving Tenerife have been affected after storms of red sand from Africa's Saharan desert hit the Canary Islands. Saturday's carnival was cancelled but Sunday's events are going ahead. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

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Two people in carnival dress walk across a bridge in a cloud of red dust in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Flights leaving Tenerife have been affected after storms of red sand from Africa's Saharan desert hit the Canary Islands. Saturday's carnival was cancelled but Sunday's events are going ahead. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

© AFP 2023 / Desireé MartínPlanes are pictured at Tenerife South–Reina Sofia Airport during a sandstorm on February 23, 2020 on the Canary Island of Tenerife. - Airports on Spain's Canary Islands were closed after strong winds carrying red sand from the Sahara shrouded the tourist hotspot. (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP)

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Planes are pictured at Tenerife South–Reina Sofia Airport during a sandstorm on February 23, 2020 on the Canary Island of Tenerife. - Airports on Spain's Canary Islands were closed after strong winds carrying red sand from the Sahara shrouded the tourist hotspot. (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP)

© AP Photo / Andrés GutiérrezA passenger covers his nose and mouth in a cloud of red dust at the airport in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Flights leaving Tenerife have been affected after storms of red sand from Africa's Saharan desert hit the Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

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A passenger covers his nose and mouth in a cloud of red dust at the airport in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Flights leaving Tenerife have been affected after storms of red sand from Africa's Saharan desert hit the Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

© AP Photo / Andrés GutiérrezTwo people in carnival dress walk across a bridge in a cloud of red dust in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Flights leaving Tenerife have been affected after storms of red sand from Africa's Saharan desert hit the Canary Islands. Saturday's carnival was cancelled but Sunday's events are going ahead. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

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Two people in carnival dress walk across a bridge in a cloud of red dust in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Flights leaving Tenerife have been affected after storms of red sand from Africa's Saharan desert hit the Canary Islands. Saturday's carnival was cancelled but Sunday's events are going ahead. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

© AFP 2023 / Desireé MartínPlanes are pictured at Tenerife South–Reina Sofia Airport during a sandstorm on February 23, 2020 on the Canary Island of Tenerife. - Airports on Spain's Canary Islands were closed after strong winds carrying red sand from the Sahara shrouded the tourist hotspot. (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP)

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Planes are pictured at Tenerife South–Reina Sofia Airport during a sandstorm on February 23, 2020 on the Canary Island of Tenerife. - Airports on Spain's Canary Islands were closed after strong winds carrying red sand from the Sahara shrouded the tourist hotspot. (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP)

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A passenger covers his nose and mouth in a cloud of red dust at the airport in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Flights leaving Tenerife have been affected after storms of red sand from Africa's Saharan desert hit the Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

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Two people in carnival dress walk across a bridge in a cloud of red dust in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Flights leaving Tenerife have been affected after storms of red sand from Africa's Saharan desert hit the Canary Islands. Saturday's carnival was cancelled but Sunday's events are going ahead. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

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Planes are pictured at Tenerife South–Reina Sofia Airport during a sandstorm on February 23, 2020 on the Canary Island of Tenerife. - Airports on Spain's Canary Islands were closed after strong winds carrying red sand from the Sahara shrouded the tourist hotspot. (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP)

Otros incendios se hallan ya totalmente controlados y al punto de su extinción, como el acontecido en los alrededores del municipio de La Orotava, en la isla de Tenerife, donde ya se ha permitido a 70 personas regresar a sus casas.

WOW. Mirad cómo se ve la tormenta de calima desde el espacio. pic.twitter.com/zpEPQnEIKI
— Principia Marsupia (@pmarsupia) February 22, 2020

Pero el viento huracanado no da tregua y también hay focos que se han reactivado, como ha sucedido en La Quinta, cerca del municipio tinerfeño de Santa Úrsula. Hay más de 530 personas evacuadas y varios tramos de la autopista TF-5 permanecen cortados.

Aeropuertos bloqueados

El tráfico aéreo ha sufrido restricciones en los siete aeropuertos con los que cuentan las islas.

Una torre de control durante una tormenta de arena que se desató en el norte de África y llegó a las islas Canarias - Sputnik Mundo

Las islas Canarias cierran el tráfico aéreo por viento con polvo del Sáhara

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Hasta 360 vuelos se vieron afectados a lo largo de la jornada del 23 de febrero. Para paliar esta contingencia, se ha previsto el realojo de hasta 14.000 viajeros, aunque la reapertura de los aeropuertos de Gran Canaria y Tenerife Sur a última hora del 23 de febrero ha reducido tal previsión.

Pese a que todo el archipiélago sigue encontrándose en alerta por calima y vientos, la autoridad aeroportuaria (Aena) ha confirmado que la totalidad de los aeropuertos están ya operativos desde primeras horas del 24 de febrero, si bien con algunas restricciones por seguridad. "Todos los aeropuertos están en condiciones de operar con capacidad reducida. Consulte con la aerolínea el estado de su vuelo, porque todavía puede ser afectado", informó la gestora pública de aeropuertos en España, Aena, a través de las redes sociales.

Qué maravilloso es Canarias aplicando el filtro sepia a sus islas. #Calima pic.twitter.com/OdzcggeOSY
— 𝑱𝒂𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔 (@Bull_Jaques) February 22, 2020