Urgent holiday warning for popular Brit destination as ‘special notice’ issued for 42C temps & tourists told stay inside
BRIT holidaymakers have been warned about sweltering temperatures with highs of up to 42C.
Spain’s state weather service today issued a “special notice” for rising heat until the middle of the week.
Much of the mainland, the Balearic islands and the Canaries are under orange and yellow heat alerts over the weekend.
Temperatures are forecast to potentially hit highs of 42C in the Valle del Guadalhorce between Malaga and Marbella.
More than 30 regions of Spain will be under orange weather warnings by Monday as the nation basks in a new heat blast.
UK Foreign Office officials continue to warn Brits travelling on their holidays over the heat in Spain.
And they are directing people to to the Spanish ministry of health who are warning people to stay indoors in cool and shaded places.
People are also urged to drink water frequently, avoid booze, pay attention to those with health difficulties and to wear light, baggy clothes.
Spain’s version of the Met Office – called AEMET – issued the special notice at 1pm local time.
The forecasters said the conditions will become a “heatwave” from Sunday.
“In the coming days there will be a progressive rise in temperatures in much of the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands,” said the agency.
“[This is] due to the strong insolation on a warm and stable air mass, giving rise to an episode of heat wave from Sunday that will affect the northeast quadrant peninsular and the basins of the great rivers.
“This situation will probably last until the Wednesday, [August] 23.”
AEMET also directed people to the hot weather advice issued by the ministry of health.
The forecasters said that after Wednesday there is a “high degree of uncertainty” in the forecast – but the hot weather could break.
The warm conditions may make way for showers and thunderstorms.
It comes after many parts of Europe have faced a hot summer – with blazing heat in holiday destinations such as Spain and Greece.
Weather experts have declared 2023 an El Niño year – a natural phenomenon that occurs cyclically and causes fluctuations in the global climate.