US EditionHeatwaves in Spain Caused 1,180 Deaths in Past Two Months, Ministry Says
SPAIN, JUL 14 – Heatwaves caused a 1,300% rise in deaths compared to 2024, mostly affecting people over 65 and women, with 76 red alerts issued, Spain's Environment Ministry reported.
- Spain experienced 1,180 heat-related deaths between May 16 and July 13, amid widespread extreme heat across the country.
- This sharp increase, compared to 70 deaths in the same period in 2024, followed an unprecedented rise in average temperatures over recent weeks.
- The areas in the northern part of Spain, including Galicia, La Rioja, Asturias, and Cantabria—known for their usually mild summers—experienced the greatest impact from the heatwave and the highest number of related deaths.
- The Environment Ministry characterized the period as unusually intense, noting numerous severe heat warnings and a notable increase in deaths, primarily among elderly individuals.
- The high death toll underscores the severe health impact of this heatwave and suggests increased vulnerability in regions not usually exposed to such extremes.
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High temperatures have caused 1,180 deaths in Spain in the past two months. This is a significant increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of the Environment. In 2024, 114 people died. Read all the news about holiday destinations in this live blog.
The figure is much higher than the same period last year, which was an exceptionally benign course, although in the line of other years they show how extreme early temperatures cost lives
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Heatwaves in Spain caused 1,180 deaths in past two months, ministry says
MADRID: High temperatures caused 1,180 deaths in Spain in the past two months, a sharp increase from the same period last year, the Environment Ministry said on Monday (Jul 14). The vast majority of people who died were over 65 and more than half were women, the data it cited showed. The most aff
According to the data, the vast majority of those who died were over 65 years old, and more than half were women.
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