On Thursday, the mercury rose above 34 deg C in most of the southern Andalusia region. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEVILLE - An unusually early heatwave in drought-hit Spain is set to peak on Thursday and Friday, with temperatures expected to break April records in the south of the country.and farmers have warned of the catastrophic effect it is having on their crops.
On Thursday, the mercury rose above 34 deg C in most of the southern Andalusia region, hitting 38.7 deg C in Cordoba, it said. On Wednesday, at least three areas around the southern cities of Seville and Huelva recorded temperatures of 37 deg C.This could be Spain’s hottest April on record, said Ruben del Campo, spokesman for Spain’s national weather office Aemet.
That normally happens from June 1, but the ministry said this year they could come into effect as early as May 15, depending on the situation in each region. The heatwave follows an abnormally warm and dry spring, spelling catastrophe for the agriculture sector in Spain, the world’s biggest exporter of olive oil and a key source of Europe’s fruit and vegetables.
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