Spain remains locked in a heat wave with most of the country on high alert for forest fires and the elderly urged to take extra care.
Spain’s national weather office put 40 of the nation’s 50 provinces on either “yellow” or “orange” alert due to the scorching temperatures which are forecast to dip on Wednesday before rising again at the weekend.
The highest temperatures are expected to be recorded in the central province of Toledo where the mercury was forecast to rise to 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 Fahrenheit).
In the Spanish capital Madrid temperatures were expected to soar to 39 degrees Celsius, prompting local officials to recommend people remain in the shade and drink plenty of liquids. “The excessive heat can harm people’s health, especially if they are elderly, chronically ill or children,” the regional government of Madrid says in a statement.
Emergency services say they have treated 30 people for heatstroke in the Madrid region since the heatwave began on Thursday.
— AFP
White tigers drink from a water pond at the Bordeaux-Pessac zoo, southwestern France, on June 30, 2015, as a heatwave grips western Europe, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) already in Spain and the heat moving north to France. (Jean Pierre Muller/AFP)
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