As mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands are hit by a punishing heatwave, these are the places where the mercury will climb highest and probably should be avoided if possible.
Spain is bracing for a suffocating heatwave that will bring extreme temperatures of 40 plus degrees centigrade to most of the mainland and the Balearics this week.
Spain’s meteorological agency has issued weather alerts in 30 provinces across Spain warning that temperatures will reach above 42C in the shade as the first heatwave of the summer kicks in.
Up until now, Spain has been experiencing a summer that has been significantly cooler than in recent years. But that is about to change as Spain’s weather agency issues its first heat-wave warning of 2018.
Spain baked in a record-breaking heatwave on Thursday which was blamed for the death of a road crew worker and is suspected of leaving another man in critical condition.
The heatwave sizzling Spain is expected to reach its peak Thursday with six provinces on red alert for extreme temperatures that could hit a record 46.9C.
It's hot in Spain, so much so that over-heated students near Madrid were transferred from their school to a cooler place... which turned out to be the local air-conditioned funeral home.
A technical problem left a Renfe train traveling through Catalonia without any air conditioning or ventilation, causing some passengers to pull the emergency brake due to the insufferable heat.
Spain's national meteorological agency has issued high temperature alerts for 32 provinces across Spain on Wednesday as the late summer heatwave continued.
Vegetable ice-cream, iced fruit and for the carnivores among them, generous helpings of frozen meat, this is how zoo animals across Spain have kept their cool this week.
We all knew it was sweltering but now the World Meteorological Organization has revealed that 2015 is likely to be the hottest 12 months ever on record in Spain.
Last month was Spain's hottest July on record, the country’s meteorological agency said on Thursday, confirming what many long-suffering Spaniards already suspected.
One of the hottest July's on record will come to a close amid stormy weather and a drop in temperature of up to six degrees, Spain's weather agency has announced.
Hundreds of people have been evacuated in Catalonia due to wildfires that are still raging, while Spain's forest firefighting brigade announce an indefinite strike.
Sales of the summery soup have skyrocketed by over 50 percent thanks to Spain’s long-running heatwave. The Local takes a look at the craze for gazpacho.
