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Spain records more than 1,000 excess deaths due to June heatwave
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- Spain has attributed 1,028 excess deaths to a blistering heatwave that hit Europe last week – a figure more than double the number of heat-related deaths recorded the previous year.
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Spain has attributed 1,028 excess deaths to a blistering heatwave that hit Europe last week – a figure more than double the number of heat-related deaths recorded the previous year.
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