The strong wind and waves that Lanzarote has suffered during these days has managed to surprise all the citizens of the island. Some residents, specifically from Arrieta and Punta Mujeres, have seen water enter their homes for the first time in their lives. The Councilor for Health of the Haría City Council, Marcos Lemes, has requested in a recent interview on Radio Lanzarote-Onda Cero, "an action plan by the Cabildo of Lanzarote and the seven town councils of the island because climate change is already here"
From his political position, he urges to start taking measures against future similar situations. "We are taking too long to do it and the Cabildo has to meet with the town councils and start now", he encouraged. For Lemes, it is essential to establish a plan to act in the face of this type of setback. "We have to get used to heat waves and put our heads together about what is happening", he added with determination.
The councilor has analyzed the measures that should be taken from political institutions throughout the island. "We must adapt to the reality of these coastal phenomena, we are surrounded by the sea and it is worrying", he pointed out. Lemes contemplates reaching a consensus as the definitive alternative to deal with the problem. "We have no other option, since we are taking too long to get our hands on the matter", he stressed.
Some houses have been flooded by the strong waves
Lemes has explained the "unpleasant" situation that some residents of the Arrieta and Punta Mujeres area have had to face. In the houses "closest to the sea", citizens have had to see the "aggressive way" in which the waves invaded the interior of their homes. A woman had water enter the back of her house, Lemes said. "The sea has wreaked havoc, such as some potholes in the houses, breaking doors and windows", the councilor reported.
The strong waves have reached the island with "a coastal aggressiveness that is not normal", the councilor pointed out. A situation for which the ferries between Lanzarote and La Graciosa have had to suspend their routes. "In a short time, it is already three times that the boats have not left La Graciosa", he recalled. The public roads were full of stones in several points of the island. "The entire coastline full of rubble and stones, I had never seen the sea throw stones at the road", Lemes said with surprise.
A changing storm determined by climate change, which little by little "leaves us without winter", he pointed out. "From now on, it will be summer after summer, and on top of that there are still people who continue to deny climate change", he remarked. "There are still some enlightened people who do not want to see it, this has come to stay and it will be increasingly aggressive", the councilor concluded.
