Last day of intense heat with red alert in Valencia and Alicante before the collapse of temperatures: up to 10° less
A very pronounced trough will leave very unsettled weather with heavy rain in much of the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
A severe heatwave in Spain has reached its peak, with red alerts issued for the entire coast of Valencia and the northern coast of Alicante. Temperatures in these areas have soared to 44° and were previously recorded at 42°/43° earlier in the day. The heatwave is extremely dry, with José Luis Camacho of the Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet) describing the conditions as like opening a "furnace with a fan". The heatwave is meeting forecast predictions.
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