What applies to visitors on Tenerife from Sunday?
From 00:00 on Sunday 8 November, the Cabildo de Tenerife closes tracks, paths and hiking trails in protected natural areas. Camping zones and recreation areas shut too.
Access to the Barranco de Masca (the Masca ravine) and the Barranco del Infierno stays closed as well. Anyone who has booked a walk or tour there should ask the organiser, because no reopening date is known.
Cabildo-owned venues for culture, sport and large events also close. No list of the affected events had been published by Friday.
Hunting is suspended too, the Cabildo says. The announcement does not mention beaches or seafront promenades.
How heavy will the rain and wind be in the south?
Yellow thunderstorm warnings apply to all eight islands. AEMET's hourly warning threshold for Tenerife on Sunday is 25 millimetres, which is a threshold and not a uniform forecast.
Orange warnings apply on Sunday to La Gomera and El Hierro, with 100 litres in twelve hours. For Gran Canaria, AEMET cites 80 litres in twelve hours.
AEMET urges extreme caution on exposed coasts. Visitors should avoid ravines, riverbeds and areas at risk of flooding.
What is still open on roads, schools and Teide?
Whether schools close or roads shut had not been confirmed by Friday. There are also no measures from the councils or the Gobierno de Canarias (Canarian regional government) on access to Teide National Park.
By comparison, during storm Therese in March the TF-12 and TF-21 roads and the approaches to Teide National Park stayed closed. Punta de Teno was also shut via the TF-445.
Cabildo president Rosa Dávila asked for caution on the Cabildo's X account and spoke of “a weather event that can create risks in various parts of the island”. She told residents to avoid unnecessary journeys and follow the instructions of the emergency services.
It is also open whether the regional government will declare its own alert levels. Regional alerts come from the Dirección General de Emergencias (emergency directorate) of the Gobierno de Canarias, and weather warnings from AEMET.
How often does the Cabildo activate the PEIN?
The PEIN (Plan Territorial Insular de Emergencias de Protección Civil) is the Cabildo's own emergency plan, and it can be activated in full or in part, as a precaution or in a real emergency. Its alert levels are Prealerta (early warning) and Alerta (alert).
During storm Nuria, the Cabildo activated the plan on 3 April 2025, after the regional government had issued the highest wind warning. Reports speak of more than 100 call-outs, with 320 people deployed.
For Claudia in November 2025, the plan applied from 12:00 on a Wednesday at Alerta level, and the control centre counted 75 incidents overnight. For Emilia in December 2025, the Cabildo activated it as a precaution at the highest alert level.
During Therese, the Cabildo lowered the plan to level 1, Alerta, at 02:30 on 25 March 2026. Reports put the night's incidents at nearly 600, mainly in La Orotava, Puerto de la Cruz, Los Realejos, Tacoronte and La Matanza.
About 2,500 people lost power, and snow fell near Teide. The pattern is clear: the Cabildo often activates the plan as a precaution and closes the natural areas first.
How long will Bruna last?
AEMET expects Bruna to weaken from Wednesday 11 November. The Cabildo had named no end date for its own plan by Friday.
In earlier cases, the Cabildo lifted the PEIN after the regional government had lowered its alert levels. For Bruna, it had given neither an end to the plan nor a date for reopening the trails by Friday.
The Portuguese weather service IPMA chose the name Bruna. The first warnings covered La Palma and were then extended to five islands.
AEMET points mainly to La Palma for the heaviest showers, where orange applies from 21:00 on Saturday to 18:00 on Sunday. Gran Canaria follows on Sunday from 12:00 to 23:59, while Lanzarote and Fuerteventura stay at yellow.