Toddler dies after being left in car in Valls, Tarragona, during 35C heatwave
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...
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A third heatwave hits Spain, as wildfire continues to burn in La Palma
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
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
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...
Summer 2022 was Europe’s hottest on record – with Spain no exception
This year Europe experienced its hottest summer on record, according to the European Commission’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), and with separate research indicating that the...
‘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...
Catalonia wildfire ‘on road to stabilization’ with just 10% still active
The fire of the Ribera d’Ebre in the Tarragona province of southern Catalonia is ‘on the road to stabilization’. The Catalan interior minister Miquel Buch...
Heatwave relents but warning remains in place
For anybody who was in Catalonia over the weekend, they might have noticed how hot it is. Although the worst has passed, a heatwave warning...
