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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Jonathan Franklin

My family and I were sound asleep – then a tsunami swept our house out to sea

Pedro Niada.
‘When the light broke, we could see there was nothing left’ … Pedro Niada. Photograph: Sofia Yanjari/The Guardian

Jolted awake at 4.30am, Pedro “Peter” Niada was certain a meteorite had fallen near his seaside home, lifting it from its foundations and sending it flying through the air. He took two steps down the stairs, felt water splash his feet and realised the house was sinking.

Nothing made sense. Why was the house tilting? Why could he hear what sounded like a waterfall outside? The sound of breaking timber led him to pull back the curtain at The Flying Fish (El Pez Volador), the 12-bed tourist lodge he had built by hand.

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