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Tsunami expert warns southern Spain is NOT prepared for a monster wave – and that Monday’s earthquake off Portugal should serve as a warning

THE coast of southern Spain must be better prepared for a tsunami following an earthquake off Portugal this week, an expert has warned. Gregorio Gomez

28 Aug, 2024 @ 07:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Environment·Lead·Weather

WATCH: ‘Meteo-tsunami’ strikes Spain’s Menorca as footage shows huge wave washing away sunbeds while tourists flee to safety

THIS is the moment a ‘meteo-tsunami’ struck the Spanish island of Menorca this week. Footage shared online shows sunbeds and parasols being washed away by

21 Jun, 2024 @ 15:34

Balearic Islands·Lead

Rissaga: What you need to know about the meteotsunami warning issued in Spain’s Balearic Islands

SPAIN’S weather agency has activated an alert in the Balearic Islands for a weather phenomenon known as ‘rissaga’ which causes sudden wave swells of at

16 Aug, 2022 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Menorca·Weather

WATCH: Beach chaos after ‘mini tsunami’ surprises bathers in Cadiz, southwestern Spain

AN unusually fast and high tide sparked chaos at a crowded beach in Puerto de Santa Maria, Cadiz province of Andalucia, on Saturday when it

15 Aug, 2022 @ 14:45

Cadiz·Lead

Spanish seaside town classified as ‘at risk’ on UNESCO tsunami warning list

By Livia Cockerell

25 Jun, 2022 @ 18:30

Environment·Lead

What you need to know about Spain’s plans for an Emergency Warning System with mobile phone alerts

WITHIN the last two years alone, Spain has been hit by the biggest snowfall in living memory (Storm Filomena), a volcanic eruption (La Palma), not

28 Apr, 2022 @ 19:30

Lead·Must Read·National News

WATCH: Tsunami of lava flows from La Palma volcano destroying more homes, a football pitch and supermarket

THE volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma continues to erupt with more force than ever, spewing a great wave of lava on Thursday

15 Oct, 2021 @ 13:30

Canary Islands·Lead

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ANALYSIS: Could eruption of La Palma volcano in Spain’s Canary Islands trigger a tsunami?

The eruption of a voclano on the Canary Island of La Palma resurrects the “mega-tsunami” theory, but is it possible? Rob Kiteley takes a look

20 Sep, 2021 @ 18:30

Canary Islands·Environment·Lead

Spain’s Andalucia to put in motion ‘Drill Response 21’ a catastrophe simulation of three major emergency situations—tsunami, earthquake and floods

THE Junta has announced that it is preparing a catastrophe simulation to take place in October of three major emergency situations—tsunami, earthquake and floods. The

9 Sep, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead·Other News

Figura Tsunami. Credit: Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM-CSIC )

Experts warn of new tsunami formation process which could generate six metre waves off the coast of Spain’s Andalucia

LARGE parts of the coast of Andalucia and northern Morocco could be hit by waves of up to six metres from a large tsunami, experts

18 Aug, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead·Other News

Expert says southern Spain and Balearics at ‘great risk’ of tsunamis but authorities ‘are not prepared’

Southern Spain and the eastern Mediterranean (the Balearics), have frequent seismic activity which make them prone to suffer tsunamis

9 Jul, 2019 @ 11:19

Environment·Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: Mini-tsunami hits Spanish resorts in Mallorca and Menorca flooding roads and beach bars

A WAVE measuring five feet tall has hit tourist beaches at Ciutadella on the west coast of Menorca early Monday morning, less than 40 miles

17 Jul, 2018 @ 10:35

Environment·Lead·Mallorca

MONSTER WAVE: Tsunami fears in Spain as HUGE active volcano experiences 40 quakes in 48 hours

RESIDENTS on the Canary islands are fearing a volcanic eruption after the Spanish archipelago was hit by more than 40 earthquake tremors in just 48 hours.

11 Oct, 2017 @ 11:55

Environment·Lead·Mallorca·National News