The heat is off...at last
Thursday, July 16, 2015 @ 1:59 PM
SPAIN'S longest heatwave since 1975 is beginning to subside and temperatures today (Thursday) across the country will become more bearable, according to the Met office.
'Orange alerts' remain in place in Andalucía, Aragón, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León and Madrid, where temperatures are expected to exceed 40ºC in the shade, but the mercury will start to drop in other regions hit by the unprecedented heat including the Balearic Islands and Valencia.
Although it may take until Friday for the intense humidity and high temperatures to subside everywhere in Spain, by the weekend the whole country will be experiencing its normal July weather.
Heat and humidity colliding with cooler air is likely to cause thunder and lightning in the south and centre of the country today, the Met office reveals.
Spain is not the only country to have been hit by excessive heat, according to the World Meteorological Organisation, which says the first two weeks in July saw the longest hot front in decades - in Spain, the last time a heatwave went on for so long was 40 years ago.
Already, two people have died from heatstroke and two men aged 50 and 45 collapsed in the street and were admitted to hospital in a critical condition.
One of the deceased was found unconscious in the middle of town in Cantalojas (Guadalajara province) and another was an 82-year-old man in Sevilla.
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