HEATWAVES CLAIM MORE THAN 5,000 LIVES

MADRID, AUGUST 25 /SRNA – RIA Novosti/ - Heatwaves claimed 5,030 lives in Spain this summer, according to data from the Carlos III Institute’s Mortality Monitoring System.

A particularly high number of deaths was recorded in July /2,025/ and August /1,945/.

This summer has already become the deadliest since the system began collecting data in 2015.

The previous record was set in the summer of 2022, when the number of deaths reached 4,789.