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Spanish lagoon popular with breeding flamingos dries up as drought persists

June 17, 2023463 Views

Thousands of pairs of flamingos graced Spain's famous Fuente de Piedra southern wetlands last year to hatch their chicks in what was one of the largest colonies of these iconic wading birds in Europe. Not any more. Figures of flamingos are silhouetted, through a window, against a dried up lagoon, where a colony of flamingos have not been able to nest, as annually, due to severe drought, at the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve in Fuente de Piedra, near Malaga, southern Spain, June 17, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Nazca Only a few dozen adult birds could be seen on Saturday after a prolonged drought in Spain, which has dried up the saltwater lagoon and forced most migrating birds to avoid the wetland. "It is a shame because of the tourism, people come here for the day. Normally the lagoon is ...

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Spain records hottest and driest April on record

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May 8, 2023612 Views

Drought-stricken Spain says last month was the hottest and driest April since records began in 1961. The State Meteorological Agency, known by the Spanish acronym AEMET, said Monday the average daily temperature in April was 14.9 degrees Celsius (58.8 Fahrenheit), that is 3 degrees Celsius above the average. FILE PHOTO: A man refreshes himself with a water hose outside a 'caseta' (tent where food and drinks are served) in the annual traditional April Fair in Seville, Spain, on April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Santi Donaire) AEMET said average maximum temperatures during the month were up by 4.7 Celsius. Rainfall was a fifth of what would normally be expected in the month, making it the driest April on record in Spain. Last year was Spain’s hottest since record-keeping started in 1...

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Church tower reemerges from parched reservoir in drought-hit Spain

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March 19, 2023565 Views

Spain is in the grip of a long-term drought after 36 months of below-average rainfall, with some parts so parched that officials have asked people to cut water use and meteorologists warn of worse to come. Some reservoirs in Catalonia, which surrounds Barcelona, are so low that old constructions like bridges and a church bell tower have resurfaced, people are flying kites on lake beds and navigation apps show someone in the middle of the water when they are standing on dry land. The door of a house is pictured in the village of San Roman de Sau after the re-emerging of it while Sau reservoir has lowest level since 1990 due to extreme drought in Catalonia, near Vic, Spain March 15, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce The weather will be drier and hotter than usual this spring along the north...