Almost all of Spain continued to sizzle on Wednesday during the worst June heatwave in 20 years, with the mercury set to remain way above normal temperatures for this time of year until at least Saturday.
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Spain was grappling Tuesday with a second unusually early heatwave in less than a month as temperatures hit levels normally seen in July and August, while France began preparing for similar conditions.
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Spain was on Monday already in the grips of a heatwave expected to reach "extreme" levels, and France is bracing for one too, as meteorologists blame the unusually high seasonal temperatures on global warming.
Spain’s meteorological agency has warned of exceedingly hot temperatures on Friday across much of eastern Spain from Catalonia in the north to Murcia in the south.
It doesn’t seem to matter how many times authorities issue warnings on the dangers of leaving children (or dogs) in parked cars in the sun, people still do it.
Firefighters in the Madrid region were on Monday morning still battling to bring a wildfire under control after a weekend of high temperatures and strong winds.
Spanish authorities ordered the evacuation Sunday of around 40 homes as a raging wildfire advanced in the centre of the country and temperatures soared.
A welcome dip in temperatures came to parts of Europe on Sunday, bringing relief to areas which have roasted through a widespread, deadly heatwave for nearly a week.
Spain was hit by more wildfires as temperatures remained sky-high in the Europe-wide heatwave, authorities said Saturday, just as firefighters finally managed to contain another blaze they had been tackling for nearly 72 hours.
An 80-year-old dropped dead in the street in Valladolid and a 17-year-old died after falling into a coma while working in the fields near Cordoba as the heatwave continues unabated across Spain.
Hundreds of firefighters continued to battle an out-of-control wildfire in Spain that authorities believe
started after a heap of manure self-ignited amid a European heatwave.
A forest fire in Spain raged out of control on Thursday amid a Europe-wide heatwave, devouring land despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters who worked through the night, local authorities said.
