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Forest fires raging in Spain’s Catalonia region since Tuesday have burned around 2,377 hectares, impacting 18,000 residents. Authorities advised locals to stay indoors as strong winds hampered firefighting efforts, especially in the…

A forest fire in Spain’s Catalonia region has claimed two lives and burned 6,500 hectares in Lleida province. Officials said the victims—a farmer and his worker—were trapped by flames while fleeing a farm. Authorities have brought the fire…

Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont returned to Spain after seven years in exile, despite an active arrest warrant. Puigdemont fled to Belgium in 2017 after holding an illegal independence referendum in Catalonia. Upon his return, he…

More than a hundred "outstanding" engravings dating from 3,000 to 5,000 years ago have been found inside Tarragona's Cova de la Vila cave in Catalonia, Spain's northeastern region. Despite the fact that the cave was discovered in 1941,…

After a period of thirty months with little to no rainfall, the Catalonia region in Spain is facing its worst dry season on record. Currently, 224 municipalities in the region have water reserves at only 27 percent due to the lack of rain,…

Massive hailstones as large as a tennis ball hailed over Catalonia self-governing territory in Spain. A 1-year-old girl died in a hospital after getting hit on the head. Twenty nine wounded casualties were taken to a hospital. The hailstorm…