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In the late 1960s, the island authorities of Tenerife found the need for a second airport at a new location, because the existing airport (then called "Los Rodeos Airport"), now known as Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, did not meet technical requirements due to adverse weather conditions, especially low visibility in foggy conditions; this was exemplified by the events of what ...
AccuWeather, Inc. is a private-sector American media company that provides commercial weather forecasting services. AccuWeather was founded in 1962 by Joel N. Myers, then a Pennsylvania State University graduate student working on a master's degree in meteorology. His first customer was a gas company in Pennsylvania. While running his company ...
In December 1493, the Catholic monarchs, Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, granted Alonso Fernández de Lugo the right to conquer Tenerife. Coming from Gran Canaria in April 1494, the conqueror landed on the coast of present-day Santa Cruz de Tenerife in May, and disembarked with about 2,000 men on foot and 200 on ...
On July 30, 1876 and August 4, 1881, temperatures of 51.0 °C (123.8 °F) and 50.0 °C (122.0 °F) [1] were both reported for Seville: these readings are unreliable, since they were measured under a standard exposure and in poor technical conditions. [2]
The travel demand for the 2024 Thanksgiving holiday week is expected to set new records for both airway and roadway travel with nearly 80 million travelers heading out of town. That's an increase ...
The Day of the Canary Islands (Spanish: Día de Canarias) [1] is celebrated annually on 30 May. It is a public holiday in the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands. [2] The day was chosen as the anniversary of the first session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, held on 30 May 1983. [2]
December 2019 Mogadishu bombing. Al-Shabaab, an ally of Al-Qaeda, claims responsibility for the suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, that killed nearly 90 people. Allied Democratic Forces insurgency. ADF militants kill 22 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. They were all hacked with machetes and many also went missing in the ...
AccuWeather long range meteorologist Alex DaSilva said his team is forecasting December to be 2 to 3 degrees warmer in South Florida, which is unusual for an El Niño year.