Government warns people to take precautions amid drought and heat 7C-11C above average for time of year
The central government has reminded citizens to stay hydrated and to make regular checks on vulnerable people such as babies, children and old people, as the extreme-heat episode peaks on Thursday and Friday.has in recent days experienced temperatures between 7C and 11C above the average for the time of year. He said temperatures in the Andalucían provinces of Seville and Córboba could reach 39C on Friday.
April temperature records have already been broken at Córdoba airport – where the mercury hit 35.1C earlier this week, exceeding the 34C high recorded in April 2017 – and at Jerez airport, where the temperature of 35C beat the April record of 33.6C set in 1997.“Confirmation is still pending, but this high-temperature episode will probably be the hottest April in the Iberian peninsula since records began – since at least 1950,” he said.
“When it comes to the relationship between this kind of weather and climate change, we know that extremely high temperatures have become more frequent and more intense, and this intense and extreme heat is arriving earlier. Although each episode needs to be analysed individually and in detail, this episode fits with what’s happening because of climate change.”
A woman fills bottles with drinking water from a truck in Alcaracejos, Spain, on 27 April after the local reservoir nearly dried out.Del Campo also noted that this month’s rainfall was well down on average; terrible news forHe said that between 1 April and 23 April, 12 litres per sq metre of rain fell in Spain – just 25% of the normal amount. As things stand, this April could overtake April 1995 – when 23 litres per sq metre of rain fell – as the driest on record.
Although temperatures are forecast to come down over the weekend, they could begin to climb again from next Tuesday, Del Campo added.
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