Overview

• Imperial College London and LSHTM estimate 602 heat-related deaths in Andalusia from June 1 to August 31, with Sevilla at 111, Granada 94, Córdoba 71 and Málaga 51.
• Attribution shares are high in key cities, including 63% of Sevilla’s deaths linked to human-driven warming and roughly 72–75% in Granada, Córdoba, Málaga and several other localities.
• Across more than 850 European cities studied, the analysis reports about 24,400 heat deaths this summer, including roughly 16,500 attributable to anthropogenic warming.
• AEMET confirms Spain’s warmest summer on record since 1961, with 33 days under heatwave conditions and an intense 16-day event in August.
• Extreme heat coincided with large wildfires, with EFFIS reporting over 400,000 hectares burned across the Iberian Peninsula and the UME deployed as political debate over preparedness intensified.