In recent years, Xàbia and in general, the coast of the Marina Alta, often suffer from severe storms, which sometimes leaves bleak images. The most recent thing that comes to mind is the storm of sea and wind of 2017 that also produced hundreds of damages although in this newly initiated 2020, the storm 'Glory' It has razed much of our entire coast.
If these past days remembered the great snowfall experienced in the town in 2017, after 34 years, today we go back, again to the 80s. Thanks to Vicent Ferrer, a resident of Xàbia, we can verify that 40 years ago a storm of the same magnitude. His photographs show the same affected spots as these days. Waves passing the breakwater, first line of the Grava beach full of stones, windows and collapsed walls, as well as flooded shops.
On many occasions, and in fact, older people, remember when the waves have reached the same Paseo de Marina Española, but it was on December 28, 1980 when the strong maritime storm severely affected the coast of Xàbia. In these lines we leave you some historical images compared to the current ones to illustrate the similarities of both temporal.
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The Bahia restaurant was affected by the storm
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Shreds in a restaurant in the port of Xàbia
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Wall collapsed by the 1980 storm
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Wall of a house collapsed by the sea
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Promenade of Duanes de la Mar after the 1980 storm
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State of the promenade of the Port of Xàbia
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The waves exceeded in 1980 the dock of the port of Xàbia
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The waves exceed the dock of the port of Xàbia
