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CLIMATE CRISIS

Spain logs its hottest August on record

Spain saw its hottest August since records began in 2024, with average temperature at 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit), the national weather agency said.

Published: 3 September 2024 09:09 CEST
Spain logs its hottest August on record
Tourists hide from the sun under their umbrellas as they visit Ronda, southern Spain. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)

“August 2024 was the warmest in history in mainland Spain,” the AEMET meteorological agency said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday evening.

The average temperature was two-tenths higher than that in 2003 and 2023, which were previously the warmest Augusts in the country, it said.

Judging by temperatures recorded so far this year, 2024 could end up being the warmest year in Spain since records began, tied with 2022, the agency said.

Up until now, 2022 was the hottest year on record, with average temperature at 15.7C.

In August, the EU climate monitor, the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said that it was “increasingly likely” that 2024 would end up being the hottest year on record worldwide.

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MALLORCA

Body found in search for British hiker missing in Spain’s Mallorca

Spanish police said Friday they found a body where a British hiker went missing after flash floods in Mallorca, three days after the missing Brit's partner was found dead.

Published: 6 September 2024 13:23 CEST
Body found in search for British hiker missing in Spain's Mallorca

Emergency services had been looking for the British couple since Tuesday in a mountainous part of Mallorca island which became flooded due to torrential rain.

Police recovered the body of one of the missing, a 26-year-old woman, on Wednesday but had continued the search for her partner.

The Guardia Civil police force, which is in charge of the search operation, said Friday they had “found the lifeless body of a young man, who, in the absence of legal identification, corresponds to the young man who disappeared last Tuesday.”

The search had been complicated by rough weather on the island, which had been lashed by heavy rains and wind gusts of over 120 kilometres (75 miles) per hour.

Ten other tourists trapped by the floods were rescued, police said.

The Mediterranean island, known for its picturesque beaches and sunny weather, is one of Europe’s most visited destinations. It is especially popular with German and British tourists.

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