British tourists caught in Tenerife flash floods that leave one dead

Thousands of British tourists have been caught up in severe flash floods in Tenerife that have left one woman dead.

According to islandconnections.eu, the northern towns in Tenerife experienced some of the heaviest rain seen for four decades in a two hour timespan on Sunday afternoon.

Towns like Puerto de la Cruz, La Orotava and Los Realejos saw cars washed away as roads were turned into rivers by torrential rain.

Seven inches of rain fell in just over 12 hours across the island, as tourists were warned to stay inside their hotels and villas for their own safety.

The Mirror reports that a 56-year-old woman died after suffering a heart attack as she was swept along by flood water before becoming trapped under a parked car in Santa Cruz.

One local, Antonio Rivera, managed to capture the scene as cars were caught in several feet of water.

The Mirror adds that tarmac was even ripped from some roads by the force of the downpours and floods.

Meanwhile, Brits have been warned to expect some unsettled weather in the UK for the next couple of days as the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo hit, causing gale-force winds and major travel disruption.

Leon Brown, meteorologist at The Weather Channel UK, told Aol Travel: "The remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo are now an extratropical depression, caught in the jet stream and heading towards the UK. The centre of the depression will cross northern Scotland on Tuesday morning and then move south east over the North Sea to NW Germany, filling as it does so.

"The storm will bring quite a drop in temperatures for Tuesday with snow over the mountains in Scotland. There will be very gusty winds everywhere from Tuesday – widely 45 to 50mph inland from the Midlands northwards, and 60 to 65mph over hills and coasts.

"The strongest winds will be over the mountains in Scotland with gusts up to 100mph, so certainly not a day to venture up on the hills!

"Strong winds will transfer to the North Sea later on Tuesday, with gales along eastern coasts into the evening.

"Expect branches to be blown out of trees, some trees to be blown down and some minor structural damage to buildings. The gustiness of the winds will make for difficult driving conditions."

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