Sánchez announces a further €3.8bn in flood aid as anger at leaders grows
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Monday fresh measures worth almost €3.8 billion to help stricken citizens recover from the country’s worst floods in...
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Search for missing continues, as death toll increases after flash floods in Spain
READ OUR LATEST UPDATE HERE: Death toll now over 200 in Valencia region alone, as residents appeal for help: ‘There are people living with corpses...
Death toll mounts as torrential rains flood eastern Spain
READ OUR LATEST UPDATE HERE: Death toll now over 200 in Valencia region alone, as residents appeal for help: ‘There are people living with corpses...
British hiker dead after storms in Mallorca, and lightning postpones America’s Cup in Barcelona
A British hiker has been found dead and another is missing on the island of Mallorca in the Baleares, after heavy rains swept over the...
Temperatures reach 44ºC in some parts of Spain, as first summer heatwave arrives
Spain was seeing its first official heatwave of the year on Thursday, with temperatures forecast to reach 40C in large parts of the country –...
Barcelona to install floating desalination plant to help fight drought
Drought-stricken Catalonia will install a floating desalination plant to help the city of Barcelona guarantee its drinking water supply, the Catalan government said on Thursday....
Possible hottest first quarter on record for Spain, as drought warnings continue despite recent heavy rain
Predictions show that Spain has experienced its warmest first quarter on record since 1961, with January, February and March showing higher temperatures than usual, according...
The rain in Spain forces cancellation of numerous Good Friday parades
Torrential rain has forced the cancellation of many Good Friday religious processions through Seville, leaving many faithful in tears in the southern Spanish city. It is...
Catalonia in ‘pre-emergency’ drought alert, and may need water shipped in
Over 200 municipalities supplied by Catalonia’s Ter-Llobregat water supply system, with a population of around six million people, officially entered the ‘pre-emergency’ phase of drought...
Winds from Storm Ciarán stoke a wildfire in Valencia, with 850 evacuated
A wildfire stoked by storm winds in the Valencia region has burned some 2,000 hectares of land and forced the evacuation of over 850 people from...
