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30 Aug 2023

How is Spain facing the dire realities of intense heat?

Foreign Affairs Correspondent

Across Europe it’s been a long hot summer, with the effects of extreme heatwaves being felt even where people are accustomed to high temperatures.

Scientists estimate last year alone there were over 60,000 heat-related deaths across the continent.

Our foreign affairs correspondent Secunder Kermani has been to southern Spain to meet the people facing up to the dire realities of intense heat.