Residents of the Hungarian village of Szada collect water from a mobile water tank in scorching 40-degree heat, 25 kilometres northwest of Budapest on June 30, 2026.
More than 1,000 deaths in Spain were attributed to the recent heatwave that roasted Europe, as the country posted the hottest first six months ever recorded, officials said on Wednesday.
At least 1,028 people died of heat-related issues during the heatwave, the public Carlos III Health Institute said.
The figure was more than double the 407 deaths that were attributed to heat in June 2025, Spain’s hottest June since records started being kept, according to the national weather agency Aemet.
The first six months of 2026 were the hottest in Spain since the start of records, with temperatures 1.6C above normal levels on average, Aemet said in a post on X on Wednesday.
