The heat has caused up to nine autonomous communities to activate the alert for high temperatures. Of all of them, the most notable is the Valencian Community and in particular, the province of Valencia, where maximums of up to 44 C in some places.
In fact, it is in the southern interior of the Valencian province where the red alert has been activated due to extreme risk. Affecting inland towns, in the Coast and Albaida Valley. In the coastal towns of Valencia, temperatures will be milder. An orange alert has been activated in parts of the north of the province of Alicante, where the heat will fully affect the northern coast and parts of the interior.
In Andalusia, it is expected that Thermometers exceed 40 C in different areas, such as Cordoba and Seville. In these two Andalusian provinces, the orange alert is activated for high temperatures. Provinces such as Almería, Cádiz, Granada, Jaén and Mlaga are on yellow alert with temperatures between 35 and 39 C. Meanwhile, the Orange alert also remains active in parts of the provinces of Catalonia such as Girona and Lleidain the three provinces of Aragon and in areas of Murcia.
For its part, for this Saturday, the Yellow alert is active in Madrid, Balearic Islands, NavarraIn the Madrid region, highs of 36 C are expected in the metropolitan area and the Henares corridorIn Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete will register the highest markwith highs of up to 39 C. The stable situation with high temperatures is expected to continue in the coming days.
The heat could persist until the middle of next week
AEMET has already warned that this Heat wave will be the worst in 74 years. High temperatures associated with an anticyclone in high and medium levels of the atmosphere generated in Algeriawhich has moved to the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. The presence of suspended dust will affect the southern and eastern half of the Peninsula.
The body explained in a statement what The heat could persist until the middle of next week and will be accompanied by haze. Looking ahead to Sunday, AEMET reported that normal temperatures are expected throughout the country. High temperatures will continue to be a factor to take into account in the southeast of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands during the following days.
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