Fish rescued from dried-out river as drought, torrid heat hit Spain

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Fish rescued from dried-out river as drought, torrid heat hit Spain
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Spain has had 36-consecutive months of below-average rainfall. Reservoirs are on average at 50% of their capacity, however, in Catalonia and in Andalusia, levels have fallen to approximately 25%.

GIRONA, Spain – Spanish authorities rescued native fish from a river shrivelled by a prolonged drought on Wednesday, April 26, as the country endured abnormally high temperatures that Spain’s meteorological agency attributed to climate change.

The picture of a handful of wading workers trying to save the fish, with the water only reaching their calves, contrasted with January 2019 when the same river overflowed during a storm. Workers catch fish using voltage electricity to transfer the native species to another location due to the low water level of the River Onyar, in Girona, Spain, April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Albert Gea

The country is facing unseasonably high temperatures more typical of summer. Meteorological agency AEMET said this month was likely to be the most intense April on the Iberian Peninsula since records began.

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