Thursday, February 01, 2007
El Hierro estimates damages at 22.9 million
El Hierro's damages, caused by last weekend's storm in the Canary islands and which badly affected El Hierro - the worst ever disaster to hit the island - have been estimated at 22.9 million euros (£15.1 million / $29.8 million).
By comparison, the damages left by Tropical Storm Delta in 2005 on that island, which is also still recuperating from the forest fire that affected 1,400 hectares of the mountain last September, were, I believe, in the region of one million euros.
Studies are to be undertaken to get urgent help for the recuperation of the El Hierro Giant Lizard, of which 178 examples died as a consequence of last weekend's weather and, for a plan to improve the situation of the gorges to prevent similar consequences from storms in future.
El Cabildo de El Hierro cifra en 22,9 millones de euros los daños ocasionados por las últimas lluvias
Labels: Tenerife Weather, Weather
