A yellow flag, and a special purple flag, have been raised on a beach in Tenerife after a dangerous discovery was made.

WE'VE all heard of the classic Canary Islands of Tenerife, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura ... including the red and black coloured beaches. Due to the volcanic activity, the sand is rich in iron ...

The Canary Islands archipelago is a string of seven islands, closer to Morocco than to their mother country Spain ... and beaches, as well as its primary city, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The Canary Islands are a part of Spain located off the northwest coast of Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean.

Just a four-hour flight and only £20 away, Tenerife awaits with its stunning white sand beaches ... the Canary Islands' largest National Park, but it is also the most visited place in Spain.

Gran Canaria’s main airport has been forced to shut after torrential rainfall battered popular British hotspots Gran Canaria and Tenerife for days, turning streets in the Canary Islands to rivers ...