Spain is bracing for a week of temperatures as high as 40C that are forecast to shatter records for April, as officials laid out plans to open public swimming pools early and adapt school schedules, while meteorologists warned of the risk of wildfires.
Coinciding with a long-running drought, the cause of the predicted temperatures is "the progressive entry of a very warm and dry air mass from Africa coupled with atmospheric stability and strong sunshine," Spain's weather agency AEMET said on Tuesday.
That would be the highest figure for April since Spanish meteorological official data-keeping began in 1961.Ricardo Torrijo, a senior meteorologist at the agency, told Reuters the weather was a thermal ridge - or wave of high temperatures - extending from Africa to the Iberian Peninsula. Under the plan, Madrid's many outdoor swimming pools will open a month earlier than usual, in mid-May.
In the hottest region of Spain, the southwestern city of Seville has boosted its emergency services budget and brought in extra healthcare worker numbers in case of heat exhaustion during the "Feria de Abril" that last year attracted an estimated 500,000 revellers.Spain has seen 36 consecutive months of below-average rainfall. Reservoirs at 50% of their capacity - slightly higher than last year, but below the average of the last decade.
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