Qualla: 1979 Nice Tsunami https://qualla.com/1979-nice-tsunami en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: 1979 Nice Tsunami https://qualla.com/1979-nice-tsunami 1979 Nice Tsunami: Introduction https://qualla.com/1979-nice-tsunami/ October 16, 1979, began as an ordinary day of construction at Nice Cote d'Azur Airport. Workers were extending the runway into the Mediterranean, building out a landfill platform over the steep underwater continental shelf. Then the ground moved. A massive section of fill -- roughly 0.15 cubic kilometers of material -- suddenly collapsed into the sea, carrying seven construction workers to their deaths. What happened next was something the French Riviera had never experienced in modern memory: two tsunamis rolled outward from the collapse site, striking the coast between the Italian border and Antibes.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/v/0/1979-nice-tsunami-wp/spv0-1979-nice-tsunami-the-debate-over-cause.mp3 0:06 3 full 1979 Nice Tsunami: A Coast Reshaped https://qualla.com/1979-nice-tsunami/ The disaster's most lasting consequence was strategic rather than physical. The airport extension was completed despite the catastrophe -- Nice Cote d'Azur is today the third-busiest airport in France -- but plans for a new port facility for Nice were permanently shelved. The eve...

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