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	Cumbre Vieja, Cumbre Nueva, La Palma, Canary Islands
		The Cumbre Nueva as seen from the Roque de los Muchachos (with telefoto lens).
		The spectacular "waterfall cloud" of the Cumbre Nueva.
		When weather conditions are right there is a build-up of cloud on the east side of the ridge which flows over the edge and falls like a waterfall until it mysteriously disappears (evaporates).
	www.islalapalma.com /en/places/index.html?p=cumbre (335 words)

	EVALUATION OF THE THREAT OF MEGA TSUNAMI GENERATION FROM POSTULATED MASSIVE SLOPE FAILURES OF ISLAND STRATOVOLCANOES ...
		As with all oceanic island stratovolcanoes, the underwater flanks of Cumbre Vieja and Kilauea are composed mostly of layers of pillow lavas, interspersed with smaller volumes of pyroclastics.
		Although Cumbre Vieja, on La Palma, appears to be sliding in a seaward direction at the present time, the volcano is stable during inter-eruptive periods.
		Although the flank of Cumbre Vieja may have been somewhat destabilized by the 1949 and 1971 eruptions, there is no indication that a critical condition has been reached, or that the next major eruption will trigger a massive flank failure.
	www.drgeorgepc.com /TsunamiMegaEvaluation.html (11982 words)

	Cumbre Vieja - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cumbre Vieja (Spanish: "Old Summit") is a volcanic ridge on the island of La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands.
		During the 1949 eruption, a two kilometer-long fracture opened and parts of the western half of the Cumbre Vieja ridge slipped several meters downwards towards the Atlantic Ocean.
		There is controversy about the seriousness of the threat at Cumbre Vieja, with indications that usually the landslides there are gradual, and unlikely to generate tsunamis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cumbre_Vieja (598 words)

	Mega-tsunami to devastate US coastline
		The new research, a collaboration between Dr. Simon Day of the Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre at UCL and Dr. Steven Ward of the University of California, reveals the extent and size of the mega-tsunami, the consequence of a giant landslide that may be triggered by a future eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano.
		Immediately after Cumbre Vieja's collapse a dome of water 900 metres high and tens of kilometres wide will form only to collapse and rebound.
		' Eruptions of Cumbre Vieja occur at intervals of decades to a century or so and there may be a number of eruptions before its collapse.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2001-08/ucl-mtd082301.php (783 words)

	Geological Society - News - Waving and drowning
		Cumbre Vieja is not errupting so the short-term and medium-term risks are negligble.
		"Eruptions of Cumbre Vieja occur at intervals of decades to a century or so and there may be a number of eruptions before its collapse.
		Cumbre Vieja Volcano; Potential Collapse and Tsunami at La Palma, Canary Islands, Ward and Day will be published this week in the September 2001 edition of Geophysical Research Letters.
	www.geolsoc.org.uk /template.cfm?name=SimonDay (708 words)

	Cumbre Vieja mega-tsunami theory
		The Benfield Hazard Research Centre, the British research unit responsible for the 2001 report claiming that a mega-tsunami might be triggered by the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma in the Canaries, has teamed up with scientists from the University of California.
		Cumbre Vieja (1) is part of the stratavolcano (2) that is La Palma.
		A ridge runs southwards from the Caldera de Taburiente in the centre of the island, made up of the smaller Cumbre Nueva to the north, and Cumbre Vieja to the south, which despite its name was formed by much more recent volcanic activity.
	www.iberianature.com /material/megatsunami.html (1378 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Horizon - Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction
		The Cumbre Vieja is still active making it hard to know exactly what’s happening inside, but the other volcano on La Palma is extinct and its rock structure is the same as the Cumbre Vieja’s.
		The Cumbre Vieja landslide would be thousands of times larger than any that the scientists had studied before.
		HERMANN FRITZ: If the Cumbre Vieja were to collapse as one single block it would create a giant mega-tsunami with an initial wave height of 650 metres and a wavelength of 30-40 kilometres travelling westwards across the Atlantic with speeds up to 720 kilometres an hour towards America.
	www.bbc.co.uk /science/horizon/2000/mega_tsunami_transcript.shtml (5672 words)

	CNN.com - Scientists warn of massive wave - August 29, 2001
		Travelling at speeds of up to 500mph, the tsunami would be an unstoppable force and would be the biggest-ever recorded in history.
		Previous research by Dr Simon Day, of the Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre at University College London predicted that a future eruption of Cumbre Vieja was likely to cause the western flank of the mountain to slide into the sea.
		"Eruptions of Cumbre Vieja occur at intervals of decades to a century orso and there may be a number of eruptions before its collapse.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/TECH/science/08/29/tidal.wave (799 words)

	CDNN :: Canary Islands Volcano Could Trigger Monster Tsunami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		They said an eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma, part of the Spanish island chain off West Africa, was likely to cause a massive chunk of rock to break off, crashing into the sea and kicking up huge walls of water higher than any other in recorded history.
		But Cumbre Vieja should be monitored closely for any signs of activity so that emergency services could plan an effective response, he said.
		''Eruptions of Cumbre Vieja occur at intervals of decades to a century or so and there may be a number of eruptions before its collapse,'' said Day, who collaborated on the research with Steven Ward of the University of California.
	www.cdnn.info /news/article/a050103a.html (460 words)

	Steve Quayle News Alerts
		Dr Day first published his findings on Cumbre Vieja in 1999 after a two-year study into the volcano, which occupies the southern half of La Palma.
		The flank is slowly falling into the sea, but a major eruption by Cumbre Vieja could cause it to fall with catastrophic effect, Dr Day said.
		"Eruptions of Cumbre Vieja occur at intervals of decades to a century or so and there may be a number of eruptions before its collapse," he said.
	www.stevequayle.com /News.alert/04_Cosmic/041227.Cumbre.Viejo.html (444 words)

	Surfing the Wave :: Astrobiology Magazine ::
		The Cumbre Vieja are a ring of volcanic mountains measuring 1,600 to 2,400 meters high.
		He insists that the unstable flank of the Cumbre Vieja will collapse into the sea as a single block, creating a large tsunami that could travel great distances.
		The model used for the collapse of the Cumbre Vieja was published in Geophysical Research Letters, a publication of the American Geophysical Union, by Simon Day, McGuire's colleague at the Benfield Hazard Research Centre, and by Steve Ward of University of California, Santa Cruz.
	www.astrobio.net /news/article1194.html (1068 words)

	Landslide produced tsunami images : IRIS Education & Outreach
		Tsunami predicted from a 500 km3 flank collapse of Cumbre Vieja volcano, La Palma Canary Islands.
		Even after crossing the Atlantic, a lateral collapse of Cumbre Vieja volcano could impose a great sequence of waves of 10-25 m height on the shores of the Americas.
		Cumbre Vieja Volcano -- Potential Collapse and Tsunami at La Palma, Canary Islands, Geophys.
	www.iris.edu /about/ENO/iows/2_2003a.htm (177 words)

	Highest Tsunami Wave Yet Predicted -- In The Future
		Immediately after Cumbre Vieja's collapse, a dome of water 900 meters high and tens of kilometers wide will form, only to collapse and rebound.
		Placing the results of the Cumbre Vieja model in its wider context, Dr. Day, a postdoctoral Research Fellow at UCL, said, "Anyone planning a holiday to the Canary Islands and the islanders themselves need not panic.
		Cumbre Vieja is not erupting, so the short-term and medium-term risks are negligble."
	unisci.com /stories/20013/0831011.htm (684 words)

	The Geology of La Palma
		The north of the island is dominated by the giant Caldera de Taburiente, from which the Cumbre Nueva and Cumbre Vieja ridges run due south to the sea.
		All of the historical volcanic eruptions on La Palma are associated with the Cumbre Vieja rift zone, and there are about 120 volcanic vents distributed along the its crest.
		It is possible to walk the Cumbre Vieja ridge, along the so-called 'route of the volcanoes'
	www.ing.iac.es /PR/lapalma/geology.html (481 words)

	SI - readmsg.aspx msgid=20902596
		The flank is very slowly falling into the sea, but a major eruption by Cumbre Vieja could cause it to fall with catastrophic effect.
		"Eruptions of Cumbre Vieja occur at intervals of decades to a century or so, and there may be a number of eruptions before its collapse," Day said, in a follow-up study in 2001 that estimated the astonishing speed at which the tsunami could travel.
		The collapse of the western flank of the Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the southern half of La Palma, is not going to happen tomorrow or next week.
	www.siliconinvestor.com /readmsg.aspx?msgid=20902596 (1672 words)

	New York Daily News - City News - Could waves hit here? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The volcano cracked severely in 1949 and is continuing to weaken, according to Steven Ward, a professor of theoretical seismology and geophysics at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
		If there were a major eruption of Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma, in the Canary Islands, scientists say, a 12-mile chunk of the island could be sent plunging into the ocean, creating a tsunami.
		But a real threat is brewing in the Canary Islands, where scientists fear a fragile volcano called Cumbre Vieja is poised to slide into the ocean, triggering a megawave that could crash into New York in as little as six hours.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/local/story/267299p-228989c.html (1299 words)

	Cumbre Vieja Volcano - Online Tips Cumbre Vieja Volcano
		According to reports this week, a volcano called Cumbre Vieja on the island of La Palma which is part of the Canary islands, will erupt and cause a huge mountain to slide into the sea causing the...
		Cumbre Vieja Volcano - John Seach La Palma, Canary Islands 28.58 N, 17.83 W summit elevation 1949 m stratovolcano Geological evidence suggests that during a future eruption, Cumbre Vieja Volcano on...
		Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma, in the Canaries archipelago, is considered to be Europeís Southern frontier.
	www.atopavolcano.com /cumbreviejavolcano (2966 words)

	:: BriansPrediction.com :: 543 LOTTERY PICKS, 4,200 PLUS CONFIRMED DREAMS, 39 MISSING PERSON CASES AND MORE ' Look out ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		According to their controversial study, an explosion of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma could send a chunk of rock twice the size of the Isle of Wight into the Atlantic at up to 220 miles an hour.
		Cumbre Vieja, which last exploded in 1971, typically erupts at intervals of between 20 and 200 years.
		he Tsunami Society, an international association of experts, dismisses such theories as "scaremongering." It argues Cumbre Vieja would not collapse in a single block and the wave generated would be much smaller.
	www.briansprediction.com /dd/3816.htm (789 words)

	La Palma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Cumbre Nueva is the north-south trending ridge south of the caldera.
		The Cumbre Vieja is the north-south trending ridge in the southern half of La Palma.
		Due to the alignment of vents and the abundance of north-south trending fissures and faults, the Cumbre Vieja ridge is interpreted as a volcanic rift zone.
	www.palmod.uni-bremen.de /~akluegel/LaPalmaInfo/lapalma1.htm (650 words)

	Steve Quayle News Alerts
		The Cumbre Vieja west flank could collapse in just a couple of minutes.
		But trying to predict which volcano poses the greatest threat after Cumbre Vieja is very hard.
		There is another bestseller that already has used Cumbre Vieja as a theme for a thriller.
	www.stevequayle.com /News.alert/05_Cosmic/050216.tsunami.Mexe.html (1489 words)

	:: FarShores.org End Times / Earth Changes - Worst Case Scenarios For Planet Earth ::
		The problem: Cumbre Vieja could be due for another collapse -- an unimaginably huge collapse.
		Geologists closely monitor Cumbre Vieja and should be able to issue warnings before an eruption and landslide occur.
		That reef is insufficient to shield South Florida from the volume of water that could be generated by Cumbre Vieja, Dixon said.
	farshores.org /05et3.htm (1509 words)

	La Palma Tsunami. The mega-hyped tidal wave story - Canary Islands
		There are no water galleries in the Cumbre Vieja mountain.
		One of the graphics clearly shows 4 vertical columns of rock which, it is claimed, would trap water and create the explosion needed to trigger a landslide.
		The walls of rock appear to be about half a kilometer wide, at least 4 km deep and according to their own theory would need to be solid, continuous, 25km long and run parallel for all of that 25km.
	www.lapalma-tsunami.com (2003 words)

	State: Florida's (unlikely) tsunami scenario
		A "very big event" is exactly what scientists Simon Day and Steven N. Ward envision with the potential collapse of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Island chain off the western coast of Africa.
		Based on evidence of a dozen major volcanic collapses in the Canary Islands over millions of years, the scientists say the western flank of Cumbre Vieja is due to give way during a future volcanic eruption.
		They say it would drop almost vertically from the Cumbre Vieja's especially steep slope and straight into waters measuring 4,000 feet deep.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/12/28/news_pf/State/Florida_s_unlikely_ts.shtml (948 words)

	Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Scientists Predict a MegaTsunami May Devastate Eastern U.S. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		It may not happen anytime soon, but the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands is bound to erupt again—and when it does, it may well set in motion a tsunami wave more massive than any in recorded history.
		Day and his colleagues predicted earlier that a future eruption of Cumbre Vieja would most likely prompt a serious landslide on the volcano's western side.
		The new model adds to this picture, forecasting that Cumbre Vieja's collapse would send up a dome of water 900 meters high and tens of kilometers wide.
	www.sciam.com /article.cfm?articleID=0006DF17-5A60-1C61-B882809EC588ED9F (405 words)

	Giant wave could threaten US
		Dr Simon Day, of the Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre at University College London, UK, believes one flank of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma, in the Canaries archipelago, is unstable and could plunge into the ocean.
		Dr Day has identified dozens of volcanic vents in the Cumbre Vieja volcano that have been formed by successive eruptions over the past 100,000 years.
		"If the Cumbre Vieja were to collapse as one single block, it would lead to a giant mega-tsunami with an initial wave height of 650 metres.
	www.geocities.com /blobrana/features/giantwave.htm (1386 words)

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