Almeria wildfire stabilised as investigators work to identify victims and missing
LATEST: Death toll from Almeria wildfire reaches 13 after elderly British woman succumbs to her injuries. After several days of destruction and tragedy, the deadly...
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Firefighters contain much of Costa Brava wildfire after tourists evacuated and thousands confined
Update: On Sunday the regional Catalan government lifted the lockdown that had confined 12,000 residents to their homes as firefighters contained the blaze that had...
Spain records over 1,000 heat-related deaths as first half of 2026 becomes hottest on record
Spain recorded more than 1,000 heat-related deaths in June as an intense early-summer heatwave swept across Europe, while the country experienced its hottest first six...
Heatwave crisis deepens across Europe with Spain among hardest hit
Spain remained at the centre of a severe European heatwave on Tuesday, with much of the country enduring temperatures above 40C and meteorologists warning that...
Scorching temperatures hit Spain, UK & France driven by African ‘heat plume’
Temperatures climbed to unprecedented levels for May in both the United Kingdom and France on Monday, with meteorologists warning that an intense spell of heat...
Sánchez unveils Spain’s largest anti-wildfire operation after devastating 2025 fires
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
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’
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’
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’
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...
