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Balance mortal en España tras 16 días de ola de calor: más de 1.000 fallecidos e incendios forestales

España sufrió una devastadora temporada de incendios, con miles de hectáreas reducidas a cenizas desde el inicio del año

A wildfire burns near the village of Esposende, in the northwestern Spanish municipality of Cenlle, on August 17, 2025. Spain is entering its third week of heatwave alerts and firefighters are continuing to battle blazes in the northwest and west of the country, with army units deployed to help contain the flames. France and Italy had earlier sent water bombers to an air base near Salamanca to help with the firefighting efforts. (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP)
A wildfire burns near the village of Esposende, in the northwestern Spanish municipality of Cenlle, on August 17, 2025. Spain is entering its third week of heatwave alerts and firefighters are continuing to battle blazes in the northwest and west of the country, with army units deployed to help contain the flames. France and Italy had earlier sent water bombers to an air base near Salamanca to help with the firefighting efforts. (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP) MIGUEL RIOPA
A helicopter fights a wildfire in Castrillo de Cabrera, northwestern Spain, on August 16, 2025. Spain, now in its third week under a heatwave alert, is still battling wildfires raging in the northwest and west of the country, where the army has been deployed to help contain the blazes. The regions of Castilla y Leon, Galicia, Asturias and Extremadura remain the hardest hit. (Photo by Cesar Manso / AFP)
Un helicóptero combate un incendio forestal en Castrillo de Cabrera, en el noroeste de España. (CESAR MANSO/AFP)

Madrid, España. Más de 1.100 muertes se pueden atribuir a la ola de calor de 16 días que acaba de terminar en España, según estimaciones del Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII).

El número exacto de fallecidos atribuibles a esta ola de calor, que se extendió del 3 al 18 de agosto, asciende a 1.149, según el sistema “MoMo” del ISCIII, que estudia las variaciones de la mortalidad general diaria respecto a lo que sería esperable según las series históricas.

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