La Palma has captured the attention ... when the editor of the journal Science of Tsunami Hazards, George Pararas-Carayannis, wrote: 'The threat of mega tsunami generation from collapses of ...

But stories like La Palma can have real world impact. The series presents itself as being based on a real hypothesis, which is communicated by newscasters and a scientist in the title sequence of each ...

the La Palma disaster theory was first presented in 2001 by Steven N. Ward and Simon Day, suggesting that the Cumbre Vieja volcano would lead to a massive mega-tsunami. However, since its proposal ...

The tsunami expert Simon Day, whose research inspired the show, is also thanked in the closing credits. However, "La Palma" does nothing to capture the more up-to-date and reassuring science.