What applies on La Gomera from Monday?

The Dirección General de Emergencias (the Canary government’s emergency service) puts La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro on Alerta from 00:00 on Monday 2 November. That is a higher level than Prealerta, where Tenerife and Gran Canaria remain.

The alert rests on figures from the state weather service AEMET and on PEFMA, the Canary emergency plan for severe weather. The notice on the 112 Canarias portal is time-stamped 17:32 on 1 November.

The government forecast expects a lot of convective activity around La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro on Monday, meaning showers from fast-building clouds. Some showers may be very heavy and bring more than 30 millimetres of rain in an hour.

The heaviest rain is most likely until about 15:00. The authority does not rule out showers lasting into the afternoon.

What does the alert mean for visitors and residents?

The government urges people to follow the emergency service’s self-protection advice. We do not have its wording for 2 November, so the advice from 22 October serves as a guide.

For the 22 October alert, the government advised postponing hikes, camping and unnecessary journeys, according to the regional broadcaster RTVC. RTVC also warns against parking cars in a ravine bed (barranco).

Diario de Avisos says drivers should not enter flooded roads and should avoid ravines and dips where water collects. The paper also recommends driving slowly and leaving a bigger gap to the car in front.

RTVC says residents should check roofs, gutters and drains, and protect windows and doors against water. It lists a torch, camping stove, drinking water, medicines and a battery radio as supplies.

The emergency number is 112. Anyone who has booked a hike, boat trip or country drive for Monday should ask the provider first, as the sources name no cancellations.

Are there road closures, school closures or ferry problems?

Up to the evening of 1 November there were no reports of road closures, school closures or disruption to ferries and flights. The sources also name no measures by the Cabildo de La Gomera (the island government) or by town halls such as San Sebastián de La Gomera.

AEMET’s warning colour for La Gomera on 2 November is not confirmed. Anyone who wants it can check aemet.es.

The government also gives no expected total in litres per square metre for this alert, only hourly figures. No end to the alert has been set either.

When the notice was issued at 17:32 on 1 November, there were no reports of damage or readings for La Gomera. Rain readings for 2 and 3 November cannot exist yet.

How did the last rain alert on La Gomera go?

On Thursday 22 October, La Gomera was already on Alerta from 00:00, together with El Hierro and the east of La Palma, RTVC reports. Tenerife and the rest of La Palma stayed on Prealerta.

According to RTVC, AEMET raised the warning for La Gomera from yellow to orange, from midnight until 17:59. It expected up to 30 litres per square metre in an hour and up to 100 litres in twelve hours.

RTVC reported the highest reading on 22 October in San Andrés y Sauces on La Palma, with 60 litres per square metre. Next came Tafira on Gran Canaria with 53.2, Agüimes with 41.4 and El Pinar on El Hierro with 20.4.

RTVC gave no reading for La Gomera. The sources also contradict each other on the date the government lifted that alert.

Why do the authorities take heavy rain on La Gomera seriously?

Storm Therese (Borrasca Therese) caused damage on La Gomera in March 2026. AEMET had warned then of 100 millimetres of rain in twelve hours on 20 and 21 March.

Diario de Avisos and eldiario.es report floods in Valle Gran Rey and Alajeró. In Valle Gran Rey they damaged the jetty at the mouth of the ravine and the seafront promenade.

More than 100 residents of Valle Gran Rey lost their water supply, according to eldiario.es. At the end of March, by contrast, the island’s reservoirs were well filled, with about 4 million cubic metres against a maximum of about 5 million, RTVC reported on 30 March.

The largest reservoir, Amalahuigue in Agulo, was only about 20% full, RTVC said. Overall, the broadcaster said, the levels secure the summer water supply after years of drought.

Who decides on the alert and what happens next?

The alert levels come from PEFMA, which the Canary government introduced by Decree 186/2006 of 19 December and updated by Decree 18/2014 of 20 March. An extract in the BOC (the Canary Islands official gazette, 2014/070) lists the levels Prealerta, Alerta and Alerta máxima, but we have not checked the full text.

On Tuesday 3 November the forecast has rain continuing on all the mountainous islands, though less often. The showers should be more scattered and weaker than on Monday.

The Dirección General de Emergencias speaks of “high uncertainty” over where, how hard and how long it will rain. It keeps watching the weather and can change the alert level.

New reports appear on 112canarias.com and rtvc.es. Whether and when the government lifts the alert is not yet known.