Spain and Portugal set for 'unbearable heat' this week
Holidaymakers heading off to Spain and Portugal this week are being warned to expect 'unbearable heat' as the Spanish Met Office warns of unprecedented temperatures in the coming days.
Inland cities like Seville and Granada are expecting the mercury to climb as high as 43 degrees while some coastal resorts, even with a sea breeze, are bracing themselves for similar levels.
We all enjoy the sunshine, but it's a different story when the temperatures do not abate even in the night time hours, with weather forecasters predicting no release from the heat even in the hours of darkness, with 31 degrees expected. Holidaymakers heading off to Spain and Portugal this week are being warned to expect unbearable heat as the Spanish Met Office warns of unprecedented temperatures in the coming days.
With a lot of schoolchildren finished their academic year, families will no doubt be heading to the popular destinations in the Med and the Spanish met service AEMET is advising people from more northerly climates to be aware and take heed of their warnings.
This is not normal summer heat, it rarely gets warmer than 38 degrees in the summer, and those last few digits make all the difference to the risk of sunstroke, sunburn and dangerous dehydration.
The advice, as always, is not to be complacent, stay out of the sun during the hours of midday to 4pm and, Slip, Slop, Slap :
Slip on protective clothing, slop on the sunscreen, slap on a hat and drink plenty of water. Albufeira in Portugal. Pic: Getty Images
Better to be safe than sorry as every year hospitals in Spain and Portugal see a number of Irish holidaymakers presenting with serious burns, heatstroke, dehydration and a holiday ruined.
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