Overview
- AEMET declared Tuesday the peak of a nationwide heatwave and activated red warnings for Andalucía, Cantabria and the Basque Country while issuing orange and yellow alerts across much of Spain.
- MeteoGalicia put 238 of 313 Galician municipalities on alert with forecasts around or above 40°C in parts of Ourense and southern Lugo and AEMET warned temperatures could reach about 44°C in Córdoba’s lowlands.
- Regional health and emergency agencies told people to stay hydrated, avoid outdoor activity during peak hours, check on the elderly and never leave people or pets in parked cars.
- Local authorities have suspended some outdoor public sports programs in red zones and municipal services such as EMT València expanded summer timetables and added a special San Juan night service with 178,000 extra seats.
- The episode is driven by a hot air mass over Spain that will raise daytime peaks and bring tropical nights, a pattern that risks straining health services, transport systems and large public events if high temperatures persist.