Spain blames over 1,000 excess deaths on heatwave, in second-hottest June ever

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Spain experienced a deadly heatwave in June, with official data attributing over 1,000 excess deaths to extreme high temperatures during the second hottest June on record. The Health Ministry's mortality monitoring system highlights a significant public health impact amid rising temperatures.

Spain recorded 1,029 excess deaths last ⁠month attributable to ⁠heat, official data showed ⁠on Wednesday, as a five-day heatwave with temperatures surpassing 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) made it the second-hottest June on record. Data on the Health Ministry’s ‌daily mortality monitoring system MoMo showed this June had the most deaths attributed to heat since the same month in 2015. Average temperatures last month were 3.2 degrees higher than normal, weather agency AEMET said,...