Heat: Spain evaluates more than 1000 deaths linked to the heat wave

More than a thousand deaths in Spain can be allocated to the heat wave during the month of July alone, an increase of more than 50% compared to the same period of 2024, according to data gathered by a public institute.

The exact number of 1,060 dead represents “57% more than last year,” said the Spanish Ministry of Health on its X account, based on estimates of a system called “momo” (monitoring of mortality).

The system cannot establish absolute causation between the deaths recorded and the climatic conditions, but the figures are the best estimate of the number of deaths for which the heat wave could be the decisive factor.

In July 2024, the number of people whose death, according to these criteria, could be assigned to the high heat was 674. It increased to 1271 the following month.

The country recorded its hottest month of June ever recorded, with an average temperature of 23.7 ° C. Spain, but also neighboring Portugal, have been struck since Sunday by a second wave of heat wave since the start of the summer, which is called upon to last until the weekend, at least.

According to experts, global warming explains that heat waves and heat waves are both more frequent, longer and more intense.