Heat wave linked to 212 deaths in Spain
A record heatwave that has gripped much of Europe could be linked to 212 deaths in Spain between June 21 and 24, according to estimates from a public institute.The MoMo monitoring system compiles daily death statistics in Spain and compares them with the levels foreseeable based on historical records.
It also incorporates external factors, such as weather data from the national weather agency AEMET, to assess likely causes of mortality spikes.
Its data registered an excess mortality of 98 deaths for the same four days of 2025, during what was the hottest summer on record in a country on the front line of climate change.
The number of heat-related deaths in Spain between May 16 and September 30 last year hit 3,832, an 87.6-percent increase from the same period in 2024, according to MoMo data.
