From the top of Montaña Tinaguache, the volcano just outside Costa Teguise, you can still see pools of cocoa-coloured water lying alongside the Barranco del Huron – the ravine that turned into a raging torrent of water on Saturday afternoon causing serious flooding and road closures in Costa Teguise.

Unions and the employers’ federation yesterday signed an agreement that will avert the hotel workers’ strike that had been announced for Easter week.

A brand-new restaurant opened at Lanzarote Airport recently, adding to its expanding food & drink options.

Lanzarote taxi drivers have threatened a strike in Easter week in protest at Cabildo plans to centralise the island’s taxi service.