Heatwave nearly over but Andalusia and Canary Islands still on alert
The Spanish met office has reduced its heatwave ‘orange alert’ (high risk) to just seven provinces in the Canary Islands and Andalusia today, where temperatures of over 40ºC are expected and puts only eight other provinces on ‘yellow alert’ (risk) for temperatures in excess of 38ºC.
The areas at high risk of excessive heat are Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Cadiz, Córdoba, Huelva, Jaén and Seville and those at the lesser risk are Granada, Málaga, Menorca, El Hierro, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, Lanzarote and La Palma.
Just one day after central, southern and eastern areas of the country, in particular,Valencia, Murcia and Alicante saw some of the worst effects of the heatwave that has been sweeping across Spain since Wednesday, the Met office (Aemet) forecast a general cooling off across the country today, except in areas of Andalusia and the Canary Islands.
The Cadiz countryside, however, is likely to see the mercury hit 40ºC and the coastal areas and the Sierra de Grazalema will see temperatures of up to 38ºC. Similarly, temperatures of 40ºC are expected in the countryside around Córdoba and along the Huelva coastline.
Morena, Condado and Valle del Guadalquivir (Jaén) will be hot spots as well, hitting 40ºC, whilst Jaén itself and the Sierra de Cazorla and Segura will hit 38ºC.
Temperatures of up to 40ºC are also forecast for the countryside around Seville and the mountains to the south.
Tenerife in the Canary Islands is on ‘orange alert’ until 9pm with a highs of 38ºC expected and it’s a similar story in Gran Canaria where the same highs are expected in the east, south and west of the island.
The rest of the Canary Islands are on ‘yellow alert’, with temperatures of up to 35º expected.
Menorca is also on ‘yellow alert’ but for high winds rather than high temperatures and Granada and Málaga are also in the same risk category for the highs of 38ºC forecast by Aemet.
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