Foreign Office issues NEW travel advice for Lanzarote, Tenerife, Menorca, Majorca, Ibiza

The Foreign Office has issued NEW travel advice for Lanzarote, Tenerife, Ibiza, Menorca, and Majorca. The Canary Islands and Balearic Islands travel advice for UK tourists heading out to the European Union holiday hotspots has been amended.

"Removal of information about severe weather and flooding ('Warnings and insurance' page)," the Foreign Office has declared. It comes after after an amber weather warning for rain was issued for the island of La Palma last week.

At the time, further yellow warnings for rain were issued for El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife and Gran Canaria. It comes days after approved “paid climate leave” of up to four days to allow workers to avoid travelling during weather emergencies, a month after floods killed at least 224 people.

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Several companies came under fire after the 29 October catastrophe for ordering employees to keep working despite a red alert issued by the national weather agency. The firms said the authorities failed to inform them sufficiently and sent telephone alerts too late during the European country’s deadliest floods in decades.

The new measure aims to “regulate in accordance with the climate emergency” so that “no worker must run risks”, labour minister Yolanda Díaz told public broadcaster RTVE. If emergency authorities raise the alarm about a risk, “the worker must refrain from going to work”, said Díaz.

The legislation was inspired by similar laws in Canada, RTVE has this week reported. “In the face of climate denialism from the right, the Spanish government is committed to green policies,” Díaz said, according to a report in El País.

The UK Foreign Office said: "Extreme temperatures can affect many areas of Spain over the summer months. Follow the Spanish Meteorological Office (AEMET) and European Meteorological Services for severe weather warnings. The NHS has information on how to cope in hot weather. You can also follow guidance from the Spanish Ministry of Health (in Spanish). Check with your travel provider and follow the advice of local authorities."