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1,500 People Evacuated as Huge Forest Fire Rages in Ibiza
A huge forest fire has destroyed over 100 hectares of nature on the popular tourist holiday island of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands on Sunday. The fires forced emergency services to evacuate over 1,000 people from a beach by boat where they were celebrating...
Heavy Rain in Spain Leaves Three Dead
Three people have died in the province of Cordoba as a result of heavy rains last night, according to sources from the Guardia Civil and the Junta de Andalucia. Two people died as their SUV got washed away by a flood in the municipality of Aguilar de...
Jellyfish Invasion Threatens Spanish Tourism
The worst jellyfish invasion for two years has led to authorities closing beaches across Spain, leaving holidaymakers shocked. Swarms of Mauve Stinger jellyfish threatened tourists on the beaches of Alicante in the northern Costa Blanca with the Red...
Temperatures in Spain to Increase 6ºC by 2100
The Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) and the Ministry of Environment have presented future projections of climate change effects in Spain. The forecasts show a general tendency for an increase in temperatures as well as a tendency for less rain. With...
Spain Destroys 7.7 Hectares of Coastline Daily: Greenpeace
According to Greenpeace, Spain is destryoing 7.7 hectares of natural coastline a day after having destroyed over 50,000 hectares of coastline between 1987 and 2005. The data was released Friday by the environmental protection group Greenpeace at a press...
New Earthquakes Hit the Province of Almeria
Around 9pm Saturday, a 3.7 magnitude earthquake hit the province of Almeria with many people feeling the termors in their homes, especially those living in high buildings. The tremors, which had its epicenter in the Alboran Sea, did not cause any material...
Two Dead from Heatwave in Spain
The heatwave currently sweeping Spain has resulted in the death of two individuals as temperatures soar in up to 24 provinces to over 40º Celsius. The deadly temperatures coming directly from the Sahara Desert in Africa, since Monday have taken the lives...
Torrevieja mosquito fumigation process already underway
If you happen to live anywhere close to ‘fresh’ water in Torrevieja, be it a lake, a disused swimming pool, gardens, fountains, heavy vegetation, green areas, parks or even some big puddles, this week you have probably seen a lot of men in masks spraying....
6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes southern Spain
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck southern Spain early Monday morning. The earthquake struck at a depth of 616 kilometers, 24 kilometers southeast of the city of Granada according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Official reports from the Spanish Ministry...
