ALBAWABA - Spain recorded over 1,000 deaths related to the heatwave in June that hit Europe last week, the public Carlos III Health Institute announced on Wednesday.
At least 1,028 deaths in Spain were attributed to the hot weather that also hit other European countries, including Italy, Germany and France.
It is worth noting that in the same month last year, Spain reported 407 deaths linked to the heatwave.
June 2025 was Spain's hottest June since records started being kept, as reported by the national weather agency Aemet.
The national weather agency said that January to June were the hottest first six months since records began being kept, with temperatures 1.6C above normal levels.
"The seven warmest first semesters... have occurred over the past 10 years," the Aemet agency [Official account of the Spanish State Meteorological Agency] announced via X.
It also wrote, "June 2026 was the 2nd warmest in the historical record, with an average temperature 3.2 °C above normal and surpassed only by that of 2025."
CNN also reported that the world's oceans are at unprecedented temperatures for this time of year, breaking the all-time June temperature with 20.86 Celsius (69.5 degrees Fahrenheit), according to data from Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service.
On June 21, average global sea surface temperatures hit 20.98C, which is way over the records in June 2024 and June 2023.
