translated from Spanish: Record heat in Spain and maximum alert for fire risk

The peak was reached after 17 local in the municipality of Montoro, in the Upper Guadalquivir, when the thermometers of an automatic station of Aemet scored 47.4 degrees, a tenth above the record measurement that had registered that same place on July 13, 2017, according to the news agency AFP.” If confirmed, it would be the highest record measured in Spain reliably,” said Aemet spokesman Ruben del Campo.La intense heat wave hitting Spain will remain strong on Sunday, with five regions still on high alert for extreme temperatures, and another six in orange. Although the pressure has already decreased in part of the peninsula, today it could again exceed 45 degrees in some points of the Guadalquivir Valley, according to Del Campo, who considers that this heat wave “due to the temperatures reached, is probably among the most intense experienced in Spain”. Likewise, the combination of the strong heat with the remarkable entry of dust in suspension has also triggered the risk of fires in Spain, which keeps almost all its territory on high alert. At the moment, the fires declared in Azuébar, a municipality in the interior of the Valencian Community, whose neighbors had to be evicted as a precaution on Saturday night, are worrying. Twelve aircraft, including planes and helicopters, according to the regional government, joined the fight to extinguish the fire that threatens part of the Natural Park of the Sierra de Espadán.Another fire remains uncontrolled in the surroundings Navalacruz, province of Avila, where several localities have had to be evacuated preventively. Between 2011 and 2020, Spain recorded twice as many heat waves as in the previous three decades, according to Aemet.Scientists consider that it is an unequivocal effect of global warming and estimate that this type of heat waves will multiply and intensify in the future.

Original source in Spanish

Related Posts

Add Comment