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July 29th - August 11th 2021
NO SERIAL KILLER
Police say no link between death of expat prostitute and 3 other murders, after arresting local businessman, 60
LED AWAY: Jose VR was arrested
POLICE have ruled out that a serial killer is behind a spate of four recent murders of women in the Valencia region. It comes after the Guardia Civil arrested a well known wealthy businessman on suspicion of murdering a 19-year-old prostitute Florina Gogos (pictured right). Her body was found strangled and dumped in a ditch in Albufera natural park on January 30.
By Elena Goçmen Rueda
Police confirmed they have arrested 60-yearold Jose VR at his home in Carcaixent after being traced through CCTV footage. The footage showed him picking up the Romanian sex worker in his car at 5.30pm on the day she went missing.
The car was later seen driving off from the same area, near Silla, at top speed about 20 minutes later. Police were unable to pick up the driving liContinues on Page 4
Global warming and huge increase in temperature is putting 75% of Spain at risk of desertification and the loss of dozens of beaches
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Heatwave hell ● Sea rises of up to 8mm leaves Valencia, Cadiz and Huelva in danger ● Six annual heatwaves a year now just two in 1970s ● Maximum temperature readings 3C higher than 60 years ago
Hundreds of thousands of coastal homes could also be in danger within decades, as a result of climate change. Key cities such as Valencia, DOZENS of Spain’s most beau- Cadiz and Huelva could lose tiful beaches could vanish due large areas to rising seas, acto rising sea levels. cording to the prediction by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Some parts of the coast could see predicted rises as high as 8mm a year. It comes as it emerged that 19 of the hottest years on record have been this century, claimed the US space agency NASA. The rapid rise of climate change is putting an alarming 75% of the country at the threat of extreme desertification, according to studies. “Spain is high-risk for climate SALES & RENTALS SPECIALISTS change impacts,” scientist Francisco Blanco Velazquez Moriara•Calpe•Jalon•Javea•Denia•Altea told the Olive Press this week. “The frequency of heat waves has increased significantly www.moraira-hamiltons.net GREEN SPECIAL By Alex Oscar, Cristina Hodgson and Elena Goçmen Rueda
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over the last ten years and we need to adapt to this threat because it is a risk for human health,” added the climatologist. Maximum temperature readings in Malaga are on average 3C higher than they were 60 years ago. According to meteorologists at the University of Malaga, the maximum heat reached on the hottest days in the 1960s was 42.8C, while last year it was 46C.
Swamped The ongoing study found an average 1.93 heat waves per year in the 1960s and 1970s, while today there is an average of six heatwaves a year. The rise in heat, which causes an increase in ice melting near the poles, is in turn putting the precious coastlines of Spain at risk. Since 1900, global sea levels
have risen between 13cm and 20cm; while throughout the previous 2,000 years, sea levels essentially didn’t change. The rate of the rise is also increasing: between 1900 and 1990 levels rose by around 1.3mm a year. But since 2000, according to the IPCC, the rate has been 3.6mm a year. By the end of the century some estimates suggest a rise of between 29-59cm. To see how the rise could affect where you live or own property, website Climatecentral.org has constructed a map detailing which parts of the world could be below sea level over the next few decades. It indicates that much of the Spanish coastline and especially its bay towns could be devastated by 2100. However, by 2050 large areas of Cadiz, Huelva and parts of Valencia, which are already struggling with rising sea levels, could be swamped.