A MAN has been rushed to hospital in “critical condition” amid warnings of towering 30 foot waves along the Lanzarote coastline.
Emergency services revived the 27-year-old Italian at the scene after he went into cardiac arrest.
He was accompanied by another man, 30, who manged to reach safety and was taken to hospital suffering with hypothermia.
An emergency response spokesman confirmed: “The other man, a 27-year-old was revived after going into cardiac arrest and transferred in critical condition by to Jose Molina Orosa Hospital in Lanzarote’s capital Arrecife.
“We received the alert just before 4pm yesterday, indicating two people had been swept into the sea.
“Two helicopters were sent to the scene along with other emergency responders.
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“One of the helicopters, operated by the Canary Islands Government, rescued the most severely-injured man.
“Once his cardiac arrest was reverted, he was transferred by a conventional ambulance to hospital.”
This terrifying incident comes just 24 hours after four were killed and three were injured as they visited a natural pool on Tenerife’s western coast.
The group of tourists decided to make the journey despite warnings to stay away.
A search is ongoing for the person still believed to be missing following the horror ordeal on Sunday.
A local meteorologist warned that the Atlantic archipelago’s coastline could continue to be ravaged by waves up to 30 feet high over the next few days.
Vicky Palmer, a risk analyst for the regional government’s emergency response coordination centre, warned of more problems to come in the popular holiday destination.
“In the next few days 10 of every 100 waves could be between 10 and 16 feet high, one of every 100 between 20 and 23 feet high and in exceptional cases we could see waves of up to 30 feet high.”
Palmer went on to explain that it was impossible to predict when these waves would hit the coastline.
However, she said that the north and west parts of Tenerife were likely to be the worst affected.
This warning, which has been in place since Friday, comes after three people were injured last month when they were hit by waves and smashed against the rocks.
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