HEAT WAVE PUBLIC HEALTH SPAIN

Feb 26 2026HEALTH

Heat‑Wave Alerts Get Smarter, Save Lives

In Spain, 2025 was the hottest summer on record, beating 2022 by about one tenth of a degree. Yet, fewer people died from the heat—908 deaths less than in 2022. Researchers wondered if a tweak to how authorities warn about heat waves could explain this drop. They looked at each province’s year

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