Overview

• Mexico’s Servicio Meteorológico Nacional forecasts July 9 highs above 35 °C in 18 states, with northeastern Baja California and central Sonora exceeding 45 °C during the canícula heatwave.
• The SMN has issued nationwide warnings for showers to intense rains accompanied by lightning, strong gusts, hail and risks of flooding, landslides and river rises as monsoon conditions peak.
• Baja California health authorities through the JSSM urged reinforcement of food hygiene and gastrointestinal disease prevention amid extreme temperatures.
• Agencia Estatal de Meteorología warns of locally strong and persistent thunderstorms with hail and gusty winds in eastern and northern Spain through the weekend, with a DANA set to lower temperatures from Friday.
• Argentina’s SMN maintains yellow alerts for severe storms, wind and hail in Buenos Aires and surrounding provinces, forecasting 30–55 mm of rainfall and potential flash flooding.