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DoomsdaysCW Jul 24, 2025

Outdoor work in #SouthernEurope’s tourist hot spots is becoming hellish

By JOSEPH WILSON, DEREK GATOPOULOS and TRISHA THOMAS
Updated 5:21 AM EDT, July 24, 2025

"Cruel heat is baking southern Europe as the continent slips deeper into summer.

"In homes and offices, air conditioning is sweet relief. But under the scorching sun, outdoor labor can be grueling, brutal, occasionally even deadly.

"A street sweeper died in #Barcelona during a heat wave last month and, according to a labor union, 12 other city cleaners have suffered heatstroke since. Some of Europe’s powerful unions are pushing for tougher regulations to protect the aging workforce from climate change on the world’s fastest-warming continent."

#ClimateCrisis #Heatwave #ClimateDiary #ClimateDiarySouthernEurope #GreeceWx #SpainWx
#ClimateChangeIsReal #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #ExtremeHeat #GlobalWarming #GlobalBurning

Southern Europe swelters as heat threatens outdoor laborers

The cruel heat is back as southern Europe slips deeper into summer. In homes and offices, air conditioning is sweet relief. Under the scorching sun, outdoor labor can be grueling, brutal, even occasionally deadly. A street sweeper died in Barcelona during a heat wave last month and, according to a labor union, 12 other city cleaners have suffered heatstroke since then. Some of Europe’s powerful labor unions are pushing for tougher regulations to protect the aging workforce from climate change on the world’s fastest-warming continent. For now, laborers from Spain to Greece are struggling to cope with more frequent heat waves.

AP News

DoomsdaysCW Nov 15, 2024

Thousands evacuated as parts of #Spain hit with nearly a month’s #rainfall in one hour

By Allison Chinchar, Caitlin Danaher, Mia Alberti, CNN, and Pau Mosquera, CNN en Español
November 14, 2024

"Severe thunderstorms and torrential rain have again battered coastal Spain, causing thousands of people to be evacuated just two weeks after the country experienced deadly #flooding in Valencia and other nearby communities.

"Over 4,000 people and a thousand homes have been evacuated in the #Malaga area, according to a Thursday update from Antonio Sanz, the director of the Emergency Plan for the Risk of Flooding in #Andalucia.

"Five areas near the Guadalhorce riverbank were preemptively evacuated due to the risk of overflowing.

"In just one hour, nearly a month’s worth of rainfall inundated the city of Malaga, in Spain’s Andalusia region, according to the country’s meteorological agency AEMet. The southern Spanish province picked up roughly 100 millimeters (4 inches) of rain so far on Wednesday, 78 millimeters (3 inches) of which fell within an hour. Malaga normally averages 100.5 millimeters in the month of November.

"The Spanish meteorological agency has issued red warnings in the Andalusia and Catalonia regions for extreme rainfall with reports of impassable roads and flooded basements in several towns.

"Video from the scene shows streets in Malaga submerged in water."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/europe/spain-rain-thousands-evacuated-malaga-intl-latam/index.html

#SpainWx #ExtremeWx #ExtremeRains #SpainFlooding #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe

Thousands evacuated as parts of Spain hit with nearly a month’s rainfall in one hour

Severe thunderstorms and torrential rain have once again battered coastal Spain, causing flooding and evacuations just two weeks after the country experienced deadly flooding in Valencia and other nearby communities.

CNN

DoomsdaysCW Nov 14, 2024

#Málaga evacuates thousands as #Spain issues more #FloodAlerts

by Nick Beake and Thomas Mackintosh

"Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in the #CostaDelSol region of southern Spain as #ExtremeRain and #flooding drenches the area.

"National weather office Aemet has placed both Malaga and the northeastern #Catalonia region on the highest alert for strong rain expected to last until Friday.

"The Malaga area, including the tourist resorts of Marbella, Velez and Estepona, is expected to take the brunt of the extreme weather phenomenon known as a '#Dana'.

"Parts of the eastern Valencia area have also been placed on the highest alert, weeks after the area was devastated by flash floods that killed more than 220 people.

"Several other regions in Spain remain braced for more heavy showers and low temperatures.

"Up to 180mm of rain could fall in #Catalonia in north-eastern Spain in just 12 hours, accompanied by thunderstorms along the coast near Tarragona, forecasters say.

"Schools in the entire southern province of Málaga have been closed while many supermarkets have kept shutters down.

"Footage circulating on social media showed the city's normally busy areas deserted as water flooded the streets.

"Around 3,000 people living in close proximity to the #Guadalhorce River have been told to leave their homes, the Regional Government of #Andalusia has said."

#SpainFloods #ExtremeRain #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #SpainWx #ExtremeWeather #ExtremeWx

Spain floods: Málaga evacuates thousands as more flood alerts issued

Spain's Civil Protection Agency sent a mass alert to phones warning of an "extreme risk of rainfall".

AI6YR Ben Oct 30, 2024

Yale Climate Connections: "Some of the worst flooding was in outlying parts of the Valencia metro area. As noted by climate scientist Erich Fischer, the community of Chiva – about 20 miles (32 km) inland and close to 1,000 feet (305 m) above downtown Valencia – reported 160 millimeters (6.3 inches) of rain in just one hour, 343 millimeters (13.5 inches) in four hours, and 491 millimeters (19.33 inches) in eight hours. "

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/10/death-toll-from-disastrous-floods-in-eastern-spain-climbs-above-70/

#spain #Valencia #SpainWx #ExtremeFlooding