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Death Toll Rises to Four After Giant Wave Sweeps Bathers From Tenerife Natural Pool

Officials had warned of dangerous Atlantic swells over the weekend, and rescuers are still searching for one missing person.

Overview

  • RTVE and local media report that a woman who was resuscitated at the scene later died in hospital, raising fatalities to four.
  • Authorities confirm the dead include two men and one woman; one man was 35 and the woman 55, with the third victim’s age not yet released.
  • The surge struck the Isla Cangrejo natural pool near Los Gigantes on Tenerife’s west coast, sweeping multiple people into the sea.
  • Emergency crews, including maritime rescue and a helicopter, recovered bodies, airlifted the critically injured, and continue to search for a missing person, reported to be a woman.
  • Canary Islands officials had issued coastal wave alerts and restrictions days earlier, echoing similar deadly incidents in early November that left three dead and 15 injured; victim nationalities remain unconfirmed.