Not if, but when: how Spain’s coastal towns are preparing for tsunamis

Not if, but when: how Spain’s coastal towns are preparing for tsunamis

In the holiday hotspots of the Costa del Sol, the risks are rarely mentioned. But in neighbouring Cádiz, the country’s first tsunami-ready town is leading by exampleEven on a wet, wintry day in Málaga, the Mediterranean looks benign. But only 25 miles (40km) south-west of its port, where half a million tourists disembark from cruise ships into the Costa del Sol each year, lies a system of tectonic plates and faults that fracture the seabed between Spain and north Africa.Earthquakes are routine h...

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