Pedro Sánchez: ‘Stop wearing ties to save energy’
In a rather bizarre news conference on Friday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said that he had asked government officials, as well as those working...
Climate Change
‘Heatwave Zoe’ – Seville leads the way in naming heatwaves like hurricanes
The southern Spanish city of Seville in Andalusia has become the first in the world to name and classify heatwaves – in the same way...
Heat-related deaths over 1,100 in Spain & Portugal, as heatwave & wildfires continue
As Western Europe continues to suffer a record-breaking heatwave, Spain and Portugal have reported at least 1,169 heat-related deaths, according to each country’s ministry of...
As Spain continues to battle wildfires, video shows passenger train flanked by flames
As the heatwave continues across Europe, authorities in Spain also continue to scramble water-bombing planes, helicopters and firefighters to battle the many wildfires spreading through...
Wildfires rage in Spain, with over 3,000 evacuated from homes in Andalusia
Wildfires raged in Spain and south west France on Saturday, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated from their homes as blistering summer temperatures put...
Second heatwave this year in Spain could see temperatures rise to 44C
For the second time this year Spain is starting to feel a heatwave, with the country’s meteorological agency AEMET saying that temperatures could rise as...
As heatwave slowly eases, Spain continues to battle wildfires
After Spain experienced its earliest major heatwave in more than four decades, according to the country’s meteorological agency AEMET, temperatures in the hottest areas of the country...
Emergency services battle wildfires as heatwave continues in Spain
Spain, which has already seen its hottest month of May since the beginning of this century, continued with a heatwave on Thursday with temperatures forecast...
Red-orange Sahara dust covers large areas Spain
Large areas of Spain were coated with red-orange dust on Tuesday, after hot air from the Sahara Desert swirled over the Mediterranean Sea, prompting authorities to issue...
Climate change blamed as winter drought devastates crops in Spain
In the region of Galicia in north-western Spain, the sight of rooftops emerging from the surface of the water in the Alto Lindoso reservoir is not uncommon during...
