Madrid’s poor neighbourhoods clamour for more trees to cool streets in deadly heatwaves

MADRID (Reuters) -As Madrid sweltered at the peak of one of Spain’s longest-ever heatwaves, the temperature on a street in one of its poorest neighbourhoods – Puente de Vallecas – measured 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.5 Fahrenheit) by early afternoon. Read full story

Source : https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/08/20/madrids-poor-neighbourhoods-clamour-for-more-trees-to-cool-streets-in-deadly-heatwaves