The orange level, indicating significant danger, is in force today in Andalusia, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Galicia and Madrid. In Aragón, Castile and León and the Valencian Community the alert remains at yellow, signalling a lower level of risk.
In Extremadura the orange warning covers the entire region, with temperatures hovering around 40ºC across almost all of its territory. A similar situation is forecast in the Tagus valley in Castilla-La Mancha, where maximums close to that figure are also expected.
In Andalusia, the hardest-hit areas will be the Guadalquivir valley in Jaén, the Sierra Morena and Condado district, the lowlands of Córdoba and Seville, and El Andévalo and the coast of Huelva, with temperatures that in several places could approach 42ºC during the middle of the day.
The north is not spared either
Although the usual pattern places the most intense heat in the south and the interior of the peninsula, this time Galicia also appears among the regions under an orange warning. Inland Ourense could reach 39ºC, while the Rías Baixas in Pontevedra and the south-west of A Coruña are expected to be around 37ºC.
