31 Jul, 2024 @ 10:45
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Red alert in Spain: Weather experts warn of serious risk to life as temperatures to soar past 40C today

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PARTS of Spain have been placed under a red weather alert due to extreme temperatures today.

The mercury is set to comfortably surpass 40C in many parts of the country, with some areas predicting highs of 44C.

Official weather agency Aemet has placed Zaragoza, Ampurdan (next to Girona) and Hellin y Almansa, near Alicante, all on a red warning for heat.

It means there is serious risk to life in these areas, with the mercury to near the mid 40s.

Meanwhile, the Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca are on yellow and orange alerts, where Aemet’s forecast does not rule out highs of above 40C.

Red alerts in place for Spain today

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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