Monica Villamizar

An emer­gency mil­i­tary unit has in­ter­vened to help stop wild­fires as lo­cal fire­fight­ers can no longer cope.

Spain is ex­pe­ri­enc­ing its worst drought in decades. The lack of rain means there is less wa­ter avail­able for agri­cul­ture and ques­tions are be­ing asked about what the fu­ture holds for the coun­try’s farm­ers.

Emer­gency drought mea­sures have been im­posed in parts of Spain, as it ex­pe­ri­ences its most ex­treme dry spell since the ear­ly 1990s.