The heat wave that has invaded southwestern Europe for several days is expected to reach its peak this Thursday in Spain, where the thermometer already exceeded 45 degrees this Wednesday, and this weekend in France, spreading fires in its wake. .
The heat wave is expected to last between a week and ten days, that is, at least until Sunday and perhaps until the middle of next week.
“For Thursday, we expect it to be the hottest day of this heat wave episode,” said the Spanish weather forecast institute AEMET, expecting the thermometer to show a higher temperature in the Guadiana, Guadalquivir and Tagus valleys and that the center of the peninsula is crushed below 40 degrees.
A maximum of 45.6 degrees was recorded this Wednesday
Almost all of Spain was put on alert this Wednesday, with the exception of the Canary archipelago. Andalucía (South), Extremadura (South-West) and Galicia (Northwest) are on red alert.
A maximum of 45.6 ° C was recorded at 5:30 p.m. in Almonte in Andalusia, while several cities in the south exceeded 44 ° C, such as Seville, Córdoba or Badajoz.
The state of temperatures devrait will be unsealed at the end of the week for Spain, particularly for the south and west, since the situation will remain difficult for the north-west of the temps that the vague de chaleur will be evacuated. the North. To France, then to the UK.
Fires in Portugal and Greece
In this heat, many fires are raging in southern Europe. In Greece, a helicopter trying to put out a forest fire on Samos has crashed into the Aegean Sea.
In Portugal, a fire during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday killed one person in the Aveiro region (north), according to emergency services. The center of the country, in flames since Thursday, continues to be the most affected by the forest fires that were repeated on Tuesday afternoon, fueled by the heat and the force of the wind.
Source: BFM TV
