Spain sees hottest, deadliest summer in 20 years

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Spain sees hottest, deadliest summer in 20 years

STORY: Spain sees hottest, deadliest summer in 20 years DATELINE: Aug. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views 2. various of hospital 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): EMILIO SALGADO, Senior specialist of the Emergency Department of Barcelona's Hospital Clinic 4. various of hospital 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): EMILIO SALGADO, Senior specialist of the Emergency Department of Barcelona's Hospital Clinic 6. various of street views STORYLINE: The summer of 2022 was not only the hottest on record in Spain but also the deadliest in 20 years, as thousands of people died from heat-related causes. According to the latest report of the Carlos III Health Institute's Daily Mortality Monitoring System (MoMo) on Thursday, the heatwave that lasted from July 9 to July 26 with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius in many places of the country was responsible for 2,223 of the 11,264 deaths registered in July. Last summer, the respective figures were 568

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