Scores in copter evacuation after Canaries road collapse

TENERIFE, SPAIN: Over 100 people were rescued by helicopter Wednesday following the collapse of a cliffside road in Spain's Canary Islands that left a village cut off, official said.

Four helicopters transported a total of 123 people from the port of Teno on the northern coast of the resort island of Tenerife, the largest and most populous of the archipelago off the Moroccan coast, to the nearby port of Garachico, a local emergency services spokeswoman said.

The operation was carried out in the early hours of Wednesday and it lasted several hours, she added. None of the people who were evacuated needed medical attention, she said.

A roughly eight-metre (26-foot) long stretch of the only road linking the port of Teno with the rest of the island collapsed late on Tuesday, stranding dozens of local residents and visitors.

The port of Teno is known for its picturesque lighthouse on a narrow rocky headland and volcanic coastline which make it a popular day trip.

Access to the port remained cut on Wednesday as experts investigated the causes of the road collapse, the regional government said.