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.

The overwhelming majority of those who died from the effects of heat this summer were people over the age of 65

Spain has recorded 5,232 deaths attributed to high temperatures so far in 2026, the highest figure since records began in 2015. In August alone, a provisional 2,147 deaths are…