Hundreds of relatives of Spain’s Valencia flood victims attended a state funeral led by King Felipe on Wednesday, a year after the tragedy that killed 237 people.
This summer was Spain's hottest since records began in 1961, with over a month of heatwaves driven by climate change, fueling its worst wildfire season in 30 years.
Firefighters across Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Balkans were battling wildfires on Tuesday with another heatwave pushing temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius across parts of Europe.
Thousands of firefighters battled wildfires in northern Portugal and central Spain—the largest wave of blazes in the Iberian Peninsula so far this year after weeks of summer heat.
At least 54 children and about 30 adults swam from Morocco to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta in rough seas and fog, Spanish television reported on Saturday.
The supply of short-term tourist rentals in Spain has jumped 25% in two years, despite local governments' efforts to curb them amid a housing crisis, a study by tourism lobby group Exceltur found.
