- MADRID (AFP) -- Probably
well over 1 000 people have died in Spain as a result of the heatwave that
gripped much of Europe in recent weeks, La Vanguardia newspaper said on
Tuesday.
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- "Stifling temperatures caused a high number of deaths
in Spain, mostly among elderly people. Several hundred, probably well over
one thousand, can be linked directly to the heatwave," the paper said.
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- The exact number of heatwave deaths nationwide remains
unclear because statistics are compiled separately by regional authorities,
rather than by central government.
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- Barcelona-based La Vanguardia said the toll for the northeastern
region of Catalonia alone could be in the region of 900.
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- Authorities in the southern region of Andalucia, where
the temperature rose to 47 during the heatwave, said 454 people had died
there in the first fortnight of August, up 56% on last year's figure for
the period of 250.
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