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Alpine resorts’ snowmaking equipment may be put to work fighting summer forest fires

Alpine resorts may have a new way to put their snowmaking equipment to work as Europe bakes through hot summers: helping douse forest fires.

 

Second fatal train crash shocks Spain as death toll in the first collision rises to 43

Commuter rail service in Catalonia, Spain, was suspended Wednesday after a Barcelona train crash killed one person and injured 37 others.

 

Portuguese victims of streetcar crash mourned by colleagues, friends and local residents

Ana Lopes, who worked at a Catholic charity in Lisbon, was among 16 people who died when a streetcar derailed and crashed into a building.

 

Flotilla headed to Gaza leaves Barcelona for a second time after storm delay

A flotilla carrying activists and humanitarian aid for Gaza has left Barcelona’s port for a second time after the vessels were forced to return a day earlier because of bad weather conditions.

 

Barcelona residents fear sea level rise is swallowing their beloved beaches

Climate change is eroding the man-made beaches surrounding Barcelona. Local authorities say the sea is swallowing swathes of coastline per year in some places.

 

Tens of thousands of Spaniards protest housing crunch and high rents in Barcelona

Tens of thousands of Spaniards are marching in downtown Barcelona to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination.

 

A week after Spain’s floods, families hope that the missing are alive with 89 unaccounted for

Spanish authorities say that 89 people are confirmed to be missing one week after the catastrophic floods in the eastern Valencia region.

 

4 migrants who were pushed out of a boat die just yards from Spain’s southern coast

Four migrants have died yards from shore in southern Spain after being forced out of the boat they were traveling in.

 

5,000 attend rock concert in Barcelona after COVID-19 screen

Five thousand music lovers attended a rock concert in Barcelona after passing a same-day COVID-19 screening.

 

Spain arrests 80 in 3 nights of riots over rapper’s jailing

Protests over the imprisonment of a rapper convicted for insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence have morphed for the third night in a row into rioting.

 

Spanish workers, officials decry Nissan move to close plant

Angry workers burned tires at the gates of the Nissan carmaking plant in Spain and prepared for more protests after the Japanese company said it would shut all its manufacturing in the region.