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Sánchez unveils Spain’s largest anti-wildfire operation after devastating 2025 fires

News Desk21st May 202621st May 2026

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday unveiled what he described as the country’s most extensive-ever campaign to combat forest fires, following last year’s devastating...

Spanish government to set up a nationwide network of climate shelters during heatwaves

News Desk18th December 202523rd December 2025

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Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Wednesday that Spain will create a nationwide network of climate shelters to protect residents from ever more intense and...

AEMET: recent heatwave in Spain ‘the most intense since records began’

News Desk24th August 202527th August 2025

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Spain’s 16-day heatwave earlier this month was ‘the most intense on record’, the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) said on Sunday. In a post on social...

AEMET: latest heatwave in Spain expected to last ‘at least until Sunday’

News Desk5th August 202511th August 2025

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According to Spain’s Meteorological Agency, AEMET, the country’s second heatwave of the summer began on Sunday and is forecast to continue at least until Sunday...

Climate change made recent EU heatwave ‘up to 4C hotter’ and ‘tripled heat-related deaths’

News Desk10th July 202514th July 2025

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Recent extreme heat across Europe was made significantly more intense by human-driven climate change, with temperatures rising up to 4°C higher in numerous cities and...

Unions demand review of safety rules after death of cleaner in Barcelona during heatwave

News Desk3rd July 20258th July 2025

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Barcelona City Council has come under scrutiny following the death of a municipal street cleaner who passed away on Saturday, shortly after completing her shift...

Toddler dies after being left in car in Valls, Tarragona, during 35C heatwave

News Desk2nd July 20257th July 2025

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A toddler was found dead after being ‘forgotten’ inside a car in northeast Spain as temperatures soared to 35C on Tuesday. The boy, believed to...

A third heatwave hits Spain, as wildfire continues to burn in La Palma

News Desk17th July 202325th July 2023

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Spain’s AEMET weather agency has said a third heatwave of the year ‘will affect a large part of the countries bordering the Mediterranean’ this week,...

Spain endures its second heatwave of the year, with record temperatures in sight

News Desk10th July 202317th July 2023

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Large areas of Spain are on alert again for extreme heat as the country endures its second heatwave of the year, with the national weather...

First official heatwave of the year in Spain, with temperatures expected up to 44C

News Desk27th June 20234th July 2023

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Spain has been sweltering in its first official heatwave of the year this week, as the government announced a new department to investigate and alleviate...

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