Gran Canaria’s main airport has been forced to shut after torrential rainfall battered popular British hotspots Gran Canaria and Tenerife for days, turning streets in the Canary Islands to rivers.

On Tuesday, Gran Canaria’s airport closed due to water accumulation ... Yellow warnings had been in place for much of the Canary Islands on Monday morning, while Aemet had warned on Saturday ...

Gran Canaria’s airport has been closed by flooding a day after cars were swept down ravines and into the sea off Spain’s Canary Islands. No one has been reported injured in the floods ...

On Tuesday, Gran Canaria’s airport closed due to water accumulation on the runways ... Yellow warnings had been in place for much of the Canary Islands on Monday morning, while Aemet had warned on ...