8 Aug, 2018 @ 11:57
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DEADLY: Death toll from Spain’s killer heatwave rises to NINE

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NINE people have now died as a direct result of Spain’s killer heatwave. 

It means the sky-high temperatures have killed more than one person per day over the past week.

A 66-year-old man died from heatstroke on Thursday in Extremadura.

A 75-year-old woman passed away two days later after also succumbing to heat stroke.

A 40-year-old German man who was on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage also died from heat stroke in Extremadura, as did an 81-year-old man.

It comes as temperatures in southern Spain have reached just over 46C.

Meanwhile in Catalunya, three homeless men have died.

Two other men in Murcia – a roadworker in his 40s and a 78-year-old pensioner – also died from heatstroke last week

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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