Most of Spain on alert for wildfire risk as temperatures soar
Three-quarters of Spain is at risk of wildfires breaking out, warned the national weather agency AEMET as temperatures soar across much of the peninsula.
#6deAgosto
?Riesgo de #IIFF muy alto o extremo #Península #Baleares y #Canarias
Cuidado con las imprudencias, en nuestras manos está evitar la mayoría de los #incendiosforestales
Buen trabajo a todos los medios???
Si ves?o humo☎️112 https://t.co/MVph8kDaGR pic.twitter.com/6RE2zLEO3g
— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) August 6, 2019
On Tuesday 18 provinces were issued with yellow warnings for temperatures expected to reach 39C.
These were Almería, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Málaga, Huesca, Teruel, Zaragoza, Albacete, Cuenca, Lleida, Madrid, Alicante, Valencia, Ibiza and Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca and Murcia.
#FMA #Avisos activos hoy por ?? #temperaturas máximas. Detalles/actualizaciones: https://t.co/za0wK0jLRM pic.twitter.com/cgSsbkjTUZ
— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) August 6, 2019
But much of Spain was also considered at risk of wildfires as conditions hit the critical “30 rule” when temperatures above 30C are combined with wind strength over 30 km/h and a humidity of less than 30 percent.
Firefighters have already spend two days battling blazes in the mountains north of Madrid, around Miraflores and la Granja which together have razed close to 600 hectares of woodland.
#IFLaGranja 20:00h sigue ascendiendo hacia el puerto del Reventón . Los hidroaviones continúan con su labor. Imponente pirocumulo , tristeza máxima. pic.twitter.com/GmYFBO6u4f
— Adrián Escobar (@meteosegovia) August 4, 2019
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#6deAgosto
— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) August 6, 2019
?Riesgo de #IIFF muy alto o extremo #Península #Baleares y #Canarias
Cuidado con las imprudencias, en nuestras manos está evitar la mayoría de los #incendiosforestales
Buen trabajo a todos los medios???
Si ves?o humo☎️112 https://t.co/MVph8kDaGR pic.twitter.com/6RE2zLEO3g
On Tuesday 18 provinces were issued with yellow warnings for temperatures expected to reach 39C.
These were Almería, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Málaga, Huesca, Teruel, Zaragoza, Albacete, Cuenca, Lleida, Madrid, Alicante, Valencia, Ibiza and Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca and Murcia.
#FMA #Avisos activos hoy por ?? #temperaturas máximas. Detalles/actualizaciones: https://t.co/za0wK0jLRM pic.twitter.com/cgSsbkjTUZ
— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) August 6, 2019
But much of Spain was also considered at risk of wildfires as conditions hit the critical “30 rule” when temperatures above 30C are combined with wind strength over 30 km/h and a humidity of less than 30 percent.
Firefighters have already spend two days battling blazes in the mountains north of Madrid, around Miraflores and la Granja which together have razed close to 600 hectares of woodland.
#IFLaGranja 20:00h sigue ascendiendo hacia el puerto del Reventón . Los hidroaviones continúan con su labor. Imponente pirocumulo , tristeza máxima. pic.twitter.com/GmYFBO6u4f
— Adrián Escobar (@meteosegovia) August 4, 2019
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