Gales ground 50 flights and force closure of schools
Monday, March 4, 2013 @ 6:48 PM
GALE-FORCE winds and torrential rain have led to flights being cancelled and all schools closed in the Canary Islands today. Children on all the islands except for Lanzarote and Fuerteventura will have to stay at home as the regional government considers it will be too dangerous for them to go to school due to winds of more than 130 kilometres (about 80 miles) per hour measuring Force 7 on the Beaufort scale.
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