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UK tourists warned as Canary Islands to issue emergency alert this half term

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British holidaymakers heading to Tenerife for October half term are warned about an emergency government alert set to be issued next week.

The Canary Islands government is due to test an emergency warning system on Thursday, October 24. It means that anyone with a mobile phone, including tourists, should receive an emergency alert message.

The alert will be issued between 10am and midday local time. The system, called ES-Alert, has previously been tested in other Canary Islands, including Gran Canaria and Lanzarote.

It’s designed to alert people of national disasters such as fires, floods or volcanic eruptions and has previously been used during forest fires in La Palma and Tenerife last year. READ MORE: Major changes for all UK tourists heading on holiday to Europe 'delayed' again Most mobile phones with a data connection will have the ability to receive the civil protection alert, with devices operating Android version 11 or higher, or iOS version 15.6 or higher having the option activated by default.

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