Spanish residents have been left sweltering as the hottest ever May temperatures in two decades have soared towards an ‘extraordinary’ 42C (107F) heatwave today due to warm air coming from Africa.
A mass of hot, dry air carrying dust from North Africa has pushed temperatures up to 15 degrees above average, with the mercury topping 40C (104F) in parts of the country.
The high temperatures are forecast to push northeast in the coming days, with little relief expected until after Sunday.
Spain‘s meteorological agency Aemet predicted ‘one of the hottest Mays in this country in recent years’.
It said it activated its national plan for excess temperatures two weeks early on Thursday as ‘the summer is starting in the spring’.
Spokesperson Rubén del Campo said: ‘The last updates to the meteorological models confirm the extraordinary intensity of this heatwave.’
The red hot temperatures are forecast to push northeast in the coming days, with little relief expected until after…
