What changes from Sunday for visitors and residents?
The Cabildo de La Gomera activates its Plan de Emergencias Insular, the island emergency plan, from Sunday 8 November. President Casimiro Curbelo said the measures take effect at midnight.
The whole network of hiking trails, the forest tracks and the recreation areas are closed. Anyone who planned a walk for Sunday must change their plans.
The El Rejo road is also shut; it links the GM-1 with the GM-2. The Jardín Botánico del Descubrimiento in Vallehermoso and the Centro de Interpretación del Queso y el Pastoreo (cheese and shepherding visitor centre) in Alajeró stay closed too.
Parking in the beds of barrancos (ravines) is banned. The hunt scheduled for Sunday is cancelled.
Where are the 40 crews working on the roads?
More than 40 crews are checking and clearing 17 island roads, according to roads councillor Aníbal González. They are meant to prevent rockfalls, falling branches and other obstacles, or to remove them quickly.
The Cabildo did not say which 17 roads these are in its statement. Anyone who lives or holidays in the south should therefore check the official channels before every journey.
On 18 July 2024, Curbelo put the annual road maintenance budget at around 3.5 million euros. He then cited 48 workers on 17 island roads, and the sources do not say whether the newly announced crews are part of that group.
The CECOPIN, the island's coordination centre, runs the operation. Councillor Héctor Cabrera spoke of a joint effort by several corps and organisations, but gave no details on make-up or cost.
Which weather warning applies to La Gomera?
Emergencias, the Canary Islands emergency authority, has issued a rain warning for La Gomera from Saturday 7 November at 21:00. Early warnings for thunderstorms and flooding apply to the whole archipelago.
AEMET, the state weather service, expects around 25 litres per square metre in one hour on La Gomera, and over a long period. A wind warning has also covered certain zones of the island since Saturday at 12:00.
The forecast has the storm reaching La Palma first and moving east on Sunday. The authorities gave no arrival time for La Gomera, and Emergencias speaks of high uncertainty over where the strongest effects will hit.
From Monday 9 November, AEMET expects waves of 3 to 4 metres. Monday and Tuesday may be calmer, but rain and wind could pick up again on Wednesday 11 November.
What is cancelled, and what do the authorities advise?
The Cabildo has postponed the Sunday programme of the Feria Insular de Artesanía, the island crafts fair. It advised the municipalities to cancel outdoor and public events while the warnings last.
The Cabildo has not yet given a new date for the fair. It is also unclear which municipalities will follow the advice.
The Cabildo advises making only essential journeys and keeping away from areas at risk of rockfalls or falling branches. Nobody should enter barrancos, and people on the coast should take extra care because of the rougher seas.
Up-to-date information comes only from the official channels of the Cabildo and of 112 Canarias. In an emergency, call 112 or the CECOPIN on 922 14 15 01.
Emergencias also recommends a torch, water, medicines and a battery radio in case of power cuts. Anyone driving in the storm should slow down.
How badly did the last big storm hit the island?
Storm Therese caused damage of around 42 million euros across 118 measures in March 2026, according to provisional figures. The road network accounted for 28 million euros, or 65.7%.
Landslides cut off Erques and Erquito at the time. Residents were flown by helicopter to medical appointments in Tenerife.
In earlier storms the Cabildo closed roads and tracks as a precaution and reopened them after clearing. El Rejo, for example, reopened after Storm Francis in January 2026.
Curbelo said of Bruna: “Now is the time to prevent and to watch how the weather develops over the coming days.” Whether the warning level rises after the statements of 7 November remains open.