A BRITISH tourist has died after being swept into the sea by a wave in Tenerife.
The holidaymaker, 60, was one of three people who got into difficulties at Los Gigantes natural swimming pool.
Emergency crews including a rescue helicopter and firefighters rushed to the scene.
A man was found face-down in the sea and choppered to a nearby football ground.
Despite best efforts to revive him after he went into cardiac arrest, he could not be saved.
The other two people swept into the sea, both women, managed to reach safety themselves.
One was taken to a health centre with minor injuries and the other was treated for a panic attack.
It is not clear if the survivors were relatives or friends of the man who died and what their nationalities were.
Police have not commented yet.
The tragedy occurred just before midday yesterday at the Los Gigantes natural pool in the municipality of Santiago del Teide, also known as Crab Island Pool on the island’s west.
Although a concrete wall protects bathers, online travel site warnings advise tourists to stay out of the pool when ocean waves are high because they can wash back.
Local officials have been urging people in the Canary Islands to take care near the sea this week because of the strong swell and heavy waves.
A spokesman for a regional government-run emergency response coordination centre said: “Emergency services intervened in the rescue of three people who had got into difficulties in the sea in Tenerife.
“It occurred near to the Crab Island natural pool in the municipality of Santiago del Teide.
“The alarm was raised just before midday yesterday, when we were told three people had been swept by a wave into the sea.
“A man aged 60 died. He was found face down in the water and rescued by helicopter and taken to a nearby football pitch.
“It was confirmed he was still in cardiac arrest when the helicopter touched down and efforts to revive him and save his life proved unsuccessful.
“A 50-year-old woman was initially transferred to a nearby health centre. She had minor injuries to her lower limbs.
“She and another woman who was suffering a panic attack but didn’t need to be taken to hospital managed to get out of the water themselves.”
A post-mortem later today is expected to show if the victim drowned or died from injuries he sustained when he was dragged into the ocean by a wave.
Police investigating the incident will submit a report to a local court which has been put in charge of a routine probe into the tourist’s death.
The place where yesterday’s tragedy occurred is close to a notorious beauty spot where a British man crashed onto rocks after misjudging his leap into the abyss in April.
He was stretchered away from the scene “seriously injured” after the incident at a sea cave called Charco El Tancon.
In May 2017 a 30-year-old British tourist died after being hit by a wave and falling into the sea near the same cave.
TNT SPORTS could broadcast the Six Nations after the current terrestrial TV deal expires.
BBC and ITV will jointly showcase the international rugby tournament – which starts on Saturday with Scotland versus Italy at Murrayfield – but that agreement ends in 2025.
The Six Nations is not in the government’s Group A list of UK sporting events.
But it is in Group B, which means it can have live coverage on subscription television provided that secondary coverage is offered to the free-to-air broadcasters.
TNT Sports is already the place to watch Premiership Rugby and last year it had the Autumn Nations Series involving the world’s best Test teams.
Scott Young, the SVP Content, Productions and Business Operations for WBD Sports Europe, said: “We’re definitely having a look at the Six Nations.
“How that plays out, we don’t know. How it fits into the ecosystem of what we’re doing, we don’t know.
“But international rugby definitely worked on our platform.
“Not just for the month of November, it also helped elevate Prem Rugby, which is also very important for us.
“Rugby is really key for us. The Autumn Nations Series was a huge success.
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“We saw massive audiences come to our platform to really enjoy rugby, both as traditional rugby fans and new rugby fans.
“We actually started at Newcastle with Arsenal. And we know that 20 per cent of those football fans hung around to watch England v New Zealand.
“We look at all sports rights when they become available.”
STORM Herminia’s wrath continues today – with a map revealing a wave of rain hitting Britain as the Met Office issues a new yellow warning.
The storm will see parts of the country facing another day of disruption and flood threats.
The forecaster issued a yellow warning of spells of rain which could lead to localised flooding covering South and West Wales until 9pm today.
While Natural Resources Wales has removed a series of flood warnings, Libanus in the Brecon Beacons saw 34.6mm of rain on Monday and nine flood alerts remain in place.
Another yellow alert for rain covering parts of southern England runs until 10am on Tuesday, warning of heavy rain, possible thunderstorms and flooding.
Gusts of 84mph and almost 60mm of rainfall hit parts of southern England on Monday.
The Environment Agency has 37 flood warnings, where flooding is expected, in place in the south of England and the Midlands. A further 171 alerts, where flooding is possible, are in place across England.
The bad weather is linked to Storm Herminia, a low-pressure system named by meteorologists in Spain, which was expected to feel the strongest winds.
Somerset Council said a major incident in the region, jointly declared with the police and other agencies, would be maintained until further notice with more rain forecast on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Somerton Fire Station said 61 people were rescued from flooded properties, including a mobile home site in Charlton Adam, and temporarily relocated to Edgar Community Hall.
Met Office meteorologist Marco Petagna said the rain warnings are suggesting further flooding is possible until Tuesday evening.
He said: “The trend over the next few days is for things to gradually improve a bit.
“These warnings for rain are suggesting further flooding is quite possible, especially within the warning area.”
After a day of sunshine and showers on Tuesday, heaviest with the chance of hail and thunder in the south, the Met Office said rain is expected to ease overnight bar some heavy patches in the north of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Mr Petagna said Wednesday and Thursday will be mostly fine, but with a small chance, the far south of England could see some outbreaks of rain.
Yellow warning – rain (until 9pm on Tuesday)
Regions and local authorities affected:
Wales
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Pembrokeshire
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Swansea
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
West Midlands
Herefordshire
Yellow warning – rain (until 10am on Tuesday)
London & South East England
Brighton and Hove
East Sussex
Hampshire
Isle of Wight
Portsmouth
Southampton
Surrey
West Sussex
South West England
Bath and North East Somerset
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole
Bristol
Cornwall
Devon
Dorset
Isles of Scilly
North Somerset
Plymouth
Somerset
South Gloucestershire
Torbay
Wiltshire
Around 50,000 customers remained without electricity across Northern Ireland on Monday evening after Storm Eowyn hit at the weekend, according to Northern Ireland Electricity Networks.
Scottish and Southern Electricity said it had restored power to 90,000 customers affected by Storm Eowyn and was working to reconnect a further 1,700.
Director of customer operations for the north of Scotland Andy Smith said: “This storm has been the most destructive for parts of our network in many years and rebuilding damaged overhead lines has been a huge task.”
Today:
A day of sunshine and showers, the showers heaviest in the south where some hail and thunder is possible. Showers perhaps merging to longer spells of rain in the northeast. Local gales in the south and west, otherwise less blustery.
Tonight:
Showers mostly easing overnight, but some heavy downpours possible in northern parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Frost and patchy fog developing under any clear skies.
Wednesday:
Showers in the north on Wednesday, but dry for many. Cloud thickening across the very far south, with some outbreaks of rain, possibly heavy, affecting the far south coast.
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
After some early frost, mostly fine on Thursday with sunny intervals. Rain moving southeast on Friday with drier interludes on Saturday, although a continued risk of rain in the northwest.
BANKRUPT Katie Price has revealed her plans to make £500million in the next three years.
Former glamour model Katie, 46, has revealed in her podcast, The Katie Price Show, that she wants to have made £500m by 2028.
She even unveiled the elaborate plan she has to make the cash, with fans quick to react and brand her as “mad”.
“New year’s resolution, if that’s the right word, is I want to make about 500 million in about three years,” Katie declared on her podcast.
“Why are you laughing, Soph?” Katie asked her sister who was cracking up over her ambitious goal.
Sophie then replied: “I just wanna finish my house renovation – that’s my goal.”
“And there’s one way I’m gonna do that,” Katie added, before saying: “Win the f***ing lottery.”
Reacting to the video, which was shared on Instagram, one person said: “Someone has to win it.”
Another added: “Love Katie she so down to earth.”
While a third penned: “@katieprice youre mad as a bag o squirrels..but I love it…“
And a fourth offered some advice, saying: “You and Kim Kardashian should do a episode together that would bring in that much.”
Katie is currently bankrupt, with her last declared as so almost a year ago.
In March 2024, Katie was declared bankrupt for a second time.
The declaration came after an unpaid tax bill of £761,994.05.
The demand for payment was made by HMRC in October 2023.
Katie was due to give evidence about her finances at the High Court but failed to turn up – holidaying in Cyprus with her new man JJ Slater instead.
At the peak of her career Katie had an estimated fortune of £45m, thanks to her lucrative modelling career, book deals, and TV appearances.
The cash-strapped mum-of-five was first declared bankrupt in 2019 over unpaid debts of £3.2 million.
In a podcast interview earlier this year, she blamed her exes who include Peter Andre, Alex Reid and Kieran Hayler and lawyers for her money woes.
She insisted that funding her exes’ lavish lifestyles with cars, watches, luxury holidays and homes left her finances in tatters.
She added: “I went through a breakdown, this is how mine started – lawyers and exes, that is my bankruptcy thing.
“And obviously a bit of HMRC.
“When I had my breakdown, if anyone has been depressed… I don’t know if you’ve ever had depression.
“It starts with depression and you just want to sleep all day and not talk to anyone, the phone would ring and you wouldn’t answer it.’
In March, Katie was declared bankrupt for a second time over an unpaid tax bill of £761,994.05.
The demand for payment was made by HMRC last October.
Katie was due to give evidence about her finances at the High Court but failed to turn up – holidaying in Cyprus with her new man JJ Slater instead.
Her Mucky Mansion was a bomb site for years after it was burgled, flooded and swamped by an overflowing septic tank.
She finally moved out at the end of May and is renting a four-bed mansion in Sussex.
Previously, the mum-of-five was declared bankrupt in 2019, after it was revealed that she owed £3.2 million to creditor, as well as HMRC, her mortgage company and various small businesses.
Then, after failing to pay back £12,000 a month to the creditors following various court hearings, her £2 million home, Mucky Mansion in West Sussex was repossessed in May.
This comes as fans share their concern for Katie after noticing how much she has slimmed down over the last few months.
She has insisted that the weight loss is not the result of popular weight loss jabs such as Ozempic.
Instead, Katie has said that she has just “shrunk back” to her natural size after gaining weight from IVF and from being inactive following her foot injury in 2020.
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