Spain registered more than 5,000 heat-related deaths from June to August, data from a public health institute showed on Tuesday, a record since the start of its statistics in 2015.
A string of exceptional summer heatwaves has been linked with thousands of excess deaths across Europe, with the continent's climate monitor reporting the hottest June-July on record for western Europe.
The 5,111 heat-related deaths in Spain from June to August recorded by the Carlos III Health Institute surpassed the previous high of 4,652 for the same period in 2022.
The estimate was also up from the 3,651 fatalities recorded during the same period last year and 1,977 for those three months in 2024.
The figures were estimated using data from Spain's Mortality Monitoring System (MoMo), which tracks daily mortality nationwide and compares it to historical trends.
