THE WIND GUSTS REACHED THE 70 KM/H AND THERMOMETERS FALLOWED TO 12.9ºC.

“Without pain or glory”. This is how we could conclude the result of last week's storm in the west of Gran Canaria. The expectation in the municipality of La Aldea was reduced to a minimum due to the low rainfall that was expected to be abundant..

It never rains to everyone's liking, the saying already says it. In some cases due to excess and, in others, default. This second was what prevailed in the west of Gran Canaria.

However, the accumulated of 36,2 liters is still good news for a territory that had been suffering a deep drought in the landscape. Drought that has had an impact on the shortage of pastures, for a receding activity, but also alarmingly for honey production.

At last, The rainfall from the storm remained in the western islands, Not so the winds whose gusts reached the 70 kms/h in the La Aldea valley, and temperatures that dropped to 12.9ºC.

The rains, as usual, They have come very well to clean the atmosphere, refresh the land and benefit the crops. Their concentration in less than 24 hours, They involved numerous landslides that affected the main roads and several accesses to agricultural and livestock farms..

Except for landslides, The storm damage to crops has been minimal; just some mesh tears. Given the excellent quality of the fruit as well as the state of the plantations, has motivated farmers to welcome these first and last rains of autumn.

The western dams have not received any significant contribution, but the rainfall leaves the ground ready for, if there are new, that the waters flow almost immediately towards the reservoirs.

The best of this storm is yet to come to the landscape of La Aldea that, in all probability, In a few days the copper tone will begin to change to the intense green of the grass..