Sandstorm Forces Closure Of Airports On Spain’s Islands
February 23, 2020
2:38 pm
Airports on Spain’s Canary Islands were closed again Sunday after a sandstorm hit the archipelago, airport authorities said.
Air travel was first disrupted on the archipelago on Saturday after strong winds carrying red sand from the Sahara shrouded the tourist hotspot, forcing flights to and from the islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife to be cancelled or diverted.
Some flights briefly resumed Sunday morning before Spanish airport operator AENA was forced to close all eight airports in the Canaries — the three in Gran Canaria and Tenerife as well as five others.
“Visibility is very low,” a spokeswoman for the …
