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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Evan Michael Clerigo

'Most Tragic Day in Ten Years': Killer Waves Turn Tenerife's Holiday Hotspot Into Death Trap

The Atlantic turns deadly off Tenerife’s coast — a reminder of nature’s force behind the island’s beauty. (Credit: Maria Geller/Pexels)

Tenerife is no stranger to powerful seas. But what unfolded on Saturday, has left locals calling it 'the most tragic day in ten years' — a phrase that now echoes across the island's storm-beaten coast.

In just five hours, three people were killed and at least fifteen others injured as 4.5-metre (15ft) waves tore into the northern and southern shores of the Spanish holiday island.

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