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Madrid, Spain | AFP

A 16-day heatwave Spain suffered this month was “the most intense on record”, the country’s State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) said on Sunday.

Provisional readings for the August 3-18 heatwave exceeded the last record, set in July 2022, with an average temperature 4.6 °C higher than for previous such phenomena, the agency said on X.

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