Spain Records 212 Heat-Related Deaths in Four Days as Europe Swelters
TL;DR
Spain logged 212 heat-related deaths from Sunday to Wednesday amid a Europe-wide heatwave, with MoMo data showing 3,832 heat-related deaths May 16–Sept 30 last year (an 87.6% rise from 2024) and a 98-death excess for the same four days in 2025; mainland Spain posted June’s hottest temperatures since 1950, including tropical nights with low temps around 20C, while northern regions Cantabria and the Basque Country issued alerts as temperatures neared 40C.
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