What happened in the port of Santa Cruz?
Storm Bruna toppled two containers at the Boluda terminal in the port of Santa Cruz de La Palma overnight into Sunday 8 November. They fell onto the port access road.
Stevedores and staff from Boluda and the Autoridad Portuaria (the port authority) cleared the road in an hour and a half. It then reopened, and no further damage in the port was reported.
The wind peaked at 69.28 knots at the quay at 23:30 on Saturday, the port authority recorded. That is 128.31 km/h, well above 100 km/h.
The Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife runs the port, and Boluda Terminal Marítima operates the container terminal. Who will pay for the damage is not known.
Are ferries and cruise ships running normally?
Boarding on Sunday at 09:00 ran normally, according to the port authority. From Monday to Saturday it starts at 05:00, so Sunday followed the usual timetable.
The cruise ship Aidaprima, carrying 3,286 passengers and 1,012 crew, docked at the main jetty as planned. No cancelled flights or ferries have been reported.
Whether the storm will disrupt traffic on Monday 9 November is not known. Travellers should check with their operator beforehand.
What are the authorities closing on the island?
The Caldera de Taburiente National Park has closed its trails “hasta nuevo aviso”, meaning until further notice. Behind the closure are wind and rain warnings, plus pre-warnings of storms and flooding from the Canary government’s emergency directorate.
The LP-214 road to Los Brecitos is closed, according to the infrastructure department of the Cabildo (the island government). The LP-302 to the Mirador de la Cumbrecita was due to close if conditions there were bad on Sunday.
Whether the LP-302 did close is unclear. No warning levels, times or end dates for the warnings have been given.
The park asks visitors to take extreme care. They should follow the instructions of the authorities and park staff.
How strong were the wind and rain across the island?
Santa Cruz de La Palma saw two gusts above 100 km/h, measured by the Apalmet weather network. They were 104.7 km/h on Saturday at 22:00 and 114.1 km/h on Sunday at 01:00.
On the Roque de Los Muchachos the wind reached 109 km/h on Saturday, and in Tenagua (Puntallana) it hit 101.2 km/h. Breña Baja was not far behind: Apalmet recorded 95.4 km/h at 00:00 on 8 November.
In Santa Cruz de La Palma the wind blew over a lifeguard hut on the beach. It also damaged the stand at the sand sports pitches and the whale sculpture.
Apalmet reported the most rain on Saturday: 60.4 litres per square metre in San Antonio del Monte (Villa de Garafía). By 09:00 on Sunday, 20 litres had fallen in Tenagua and 15 each in Risco de La Concepción (Breña Alta) and Santo Domingo (Villa de Garafía).
What does this mean for visitors in the south?
There are no details for the south of the island. Damage and closures are named only for Santa Cruz de La Palma, the Caldera de Taburiente and the LP-214 and LP-302 roads.
Anyone who planned to visit the Caldera or Los Brecitos must change plans while the park keeps its trails closed. No end date for the closure has been set.
For current information, check the AEMET warnings (the state weather service), 112 Canarias, the road reports of the Cabildo de La Palma and the park’s trails page. No repeat of the warning for Monday 9 November has turned up.
Was this the first weather alert of the autumn?
On 1 October 2026 the Canary government raised La Palma from pre-alert at 08:30 to alert at 14:15. The trigger was heavy rain in the north and east, under its emergency plan for adverse weather, known as PEFMA.
The government expected up to 150 millimetres in twelve hours, locally more than 180. AEMET first issued an orange warning and then lowered it to yellow for early 2 October, a different weather event from Bruna.
On 3 April 2025 AEMET had red for wind in the east of the island, with gusts of up to 130 km/h forecast. That earlier report contains no damage or port reports.