Volcanoes, tsunamis, and risk

But there will eventually be another collapse on La Palma and then a tsunami, maybe tomorrow, maybe in 100,000 years or so. That’s how these islands work. What we don’t know is the size and reach of the resulting tsunami.

Spain's La Palma volcano pictured in December 2019, just under two kilometres away from the current eruption, with the scars of the 1949 eruption still evident.Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

October 7, 2021

LONDON, U.K.—“Don’t bother your pretty head about it” is the prevailing media take on the risk of the volcanic eruption on La Palma in the Canary Islands turning into a mega-tsunami disaster. The media definitely over-hyp...

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