Climate change is pushing some governments to the breaking point
Protesters outside the Spanish Parliament, calling for Spain’s president to resign after floods killed hundreds of people in Valencia. The protester’s sign reads, “It wasn’t a climate catastrophe. It was a murder.” | Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images
2024 is on track to become the hottest year since humans have been keeping track, beating out 2023.
The extraordinary back-to-back record-breakers amplified disasters like heat waves, hurricanes, and torrential downpours around the world, claiming thousands of lives and causing billions in damages.
Few countries have emerged completely unscathed over the past two years, but one place known for its welcoming climate, was especially wounded.
In 2023, Spain experienced a searing early-season heat wave with temperatures topping 101 degrees Fahrenheit in Córdoba in the south of the country, followed up by more severe heat across the country in July and August. It led to more than 8,000 heat-related deaths, the second-highest toll in Europe behind Italy. The high temperatures worsened an ongoing drought, depleting water supplies and causing its economically vital olive oil production to fall in half. Intense wildfires ignited across the country, including the Canary Island of Tenerife and on the mainland in Gandia. The Asturias region in northern Spain suffered the single-largest wildfire in its history, torching more than 24,000 acres. Record rainfall in Toledo triggered flash floods that killed at least three people.
Dangerous heat, fire, and drought continued to rage this year. But in October, Spain experienced a disaster that still managed to shock the climate change-wracked country.
The Valencia region in eastern Spain suffered an unprecedented downpour, receiving a year’s worth of rain in just a few hours. It triggered flash floods across a vast expanse and killed at least 224 people, making it the deadliest flood on the continent since 1967. And warming clearly played a role: Climate research groups reported that these storms were stronger and more likely to occur due to warming caused by humans.
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