Temperatures are expected to be over 15 degrees higher than normal for the season in some areas. This is what a spokesman for the national weather forecaster Aemet writes on Twitter. – We are facing perhaps the most intense heat period in April this year for which we have data, says Aemet spokesman Rubén del Campo to El Pais. The warmest is expected to be Thursday and Friday in the south of Spain. Aemet writes that in his weekly forecast. Could be a heat record A thermometer in Seville showed 38 degrees on Monday. Photo: AFP In the Guadalquivir valley, where Seville is located, temperatures of between 38 and 40 degrees are expected. In that case, it will be above the Spanish heat record for April. It is 37.4 degrees, set in Murcia on 9 April 2011, writes The Guardian. The heat is due to very hot and dry air coming in from North Africa. 2022 was the worst ever Spain is in a drought that has lasted three years so far. If the country was dry last year, it is even drier this year. 2022 was the worst fire summer Europe has experienced. In Spain alone, more than 3,000 km² were consumed by the flames last year. It was more than four times as much as in a normal year, according to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS). Extreme risk of forest fires Now the authorities in several countries fear that it will get even worse this year. Already in March there were large fires. So far this year, more than 54,000 hectares have been consumed by the flames. That is more than three times as much as the 17,000 hectares that were taken by the flames last year. In other words: Three times as much as last year, which in turn was four times worse than a normal year. According to Aemet, the risk of forest fires will be extreme in most of the country towards the end of the week. Two women in traditional Andalusian costumes cooled down in the Plaza de Espana in Seville on Monday. Photo: AFP Worst drought in 1,200 years Parts of Spain are in their worst drought in 1,200 years, writes The Guardian and quotes an article in Nature Geoscience. According to the researchers, the drought is due to a prolonged high pressure driven by climate change. The amount of rain has decreased by 5–10 millimeters annually since 1950. According to the UN, 75 per cent of the country is threatened by desertification. – Water is an increasingly rare resource. Spain must rethink how we use water, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said earlier this month. Has not planted Spain is the world’s largest producer of olive oil. The country also supplies grapes, oranges, tomatoes and other fruit to large parts of Europe. Now the drought has led to many farmers not planting crops this spring. The Spanish farmers’ association Coag estimates that 60 percent of the agricultural area is “dried out” due to the lack of rain. They warn that grain and olive producers are facing huge losses. – This drought is terrible, says Coag in a statement.
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