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Irish Examiner
26-05-2025
- Climate
- Irish Examiner
Spain braces for late May heatwave with 40C forecast in south of country
Spain is bracing for another sweltering end to May, with the mercury in southern parts of the country set to hit 40C as high-pressure areas and a mass of hot, dry air bring temperatures more than 10C above the seasonal norm. The high temperatures come almost exactly three years after some areas of Spain experienced their hottest May since records began and the temperature at Seville airport reached 41C. 'The last week of May will see a high-temperature episode across a good part of the peninsula, with the kind of temperatures normally seen in high summer, especially from Wednesday,' said Rubén del Campo, a spokesperson for Spain's meteorological office, Aemet. 'In some southern parts of the peninsula, we could see maximum temperatures of more than 40C, and the temperature won't drop below 20C in that region or in Mediterranean areas. "We're talking about maximum temperatures that are between five and 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. In some areas, the temperatures will be more than 10 degrees above normal on Thursday.' Del Campo said the high temperatures were down to the presence of high-pressure areas over the peninsula — 'which guarantee stable weather with few clouds and a lot of sun' — and the arrival of a mass of dry, warm air over the peninsula from North Africa. He added that the most affected areas would be south-east Spain, its central region, and the Ebro Valley in the north-east of the country. Outlook Temperatures on the two hottest days this week — probably Thursday and Friday — are forecast to reach 35C in central and northern areas and 40C along the Guadalquivir River in Andalucía. The hot spell is forecast to last until at least Saturday, when atmospheric instability could bring clouds, dust clouds, and a lowering of temperatures. Spain recorded its highest ever temperature in August 2021, when the mercury in the Andalucían town of Montoro, near Córdoba, reached 47.4C. A 2022 Aemet study found that the arrival of 30C temperatures across Spain and the Balearic islands had come an average of 20 to 40 days earlier over the past 71 years. 'The summer is eating up the spring,' Del Campo told El País at the time. 'What's happening fits perfectly with a situation where you have a warmer planet,' he said, adding that the rise in temperatures was a 'direct and palpable [consequence] of climate change … The climate in Spain isn't the one we used to know. It's got more extreme.' The Guardian Read More Investigation into disappearance of Fiona Pender upgraded to murder
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Yahoo
Kidnapped Spanish man rescued using photo of steering wheel
Spanish police have rescued a man who was kidnapped and bundled into the boot of a car after he managed to alert his girlfriend by sending her a photo of the vehicle's steering wheel and a set of coordinates. On 23 January Policía Nacional officers in the Andalucían province of Málaga received a report that a man had been kidnapped two days earlier on the promenade of the town of Sabinillas. The man had been taken by a group of men travelling in two cars who were looking for information on the whereabouts of another man who had apparently swindled them out of €30,000 (£25,000) in a drug deal. Officers were also provided with videos of the victim, showing him face down and with a pistol at his head while he was asked where the other man was. Unknown to his captors, however, the kidnapped man managed to contact his friends and send his girlfriend a photograph of the steering wheel logo of the car he was travelling in. He also sent coordinates that led police to a street in Torre del Mar, a town along the coast from Málaga. 'Officers then headed immediately to the location, where they found a parked car that matched the make and model of the vehicle in the victim's photo,' the force said in a statement. 'They then discovered another vehicle in the same area, which matched one of the cars used in the kidnapping in Sabinillas.' A few hours later, police saw a man being taken from another nearby car and placed in the back of a different vehicle. 'Seeing that happen, officers began to follow the vehicle, which was finally intercepted on the A7 motorway towards Málaga,' the statement added. 'The victim, who was unharmed and in good health, was freed and four people were arrested. Fewer than 16 hours had passed between the report of the kidnapping and the rescue.' The force said four people had been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, belonging to a criminal organisation and illegal possession of firearms.
The Guardian
29-01-2025
- The Guardian
Kidnapped Spanish man rescued using photo of steering wheel
Spanish police have rescued a man who was kidnapped and bundled into the boot of a car after he managed to alert his girlfriend by sending her a photo of the vehicle's steering wheel and a set of coordinates. On 23 January Policía Nacional officers in the Andalucían province of Málaga received a report that a man had been kidnapped two days earlier on the promenade of the town of Sabinillas. The man had been taken by a group of men travelling in two cars who were looking for information on the whereabouts of a third man who had apparently swindled them out of €30,000 (£25,000) in a drug deal. Officers were also provided with videos of the victim, showing him face down and with a pistol at his head while he was asked where the third man was. Unknown to his captors, however, the kidnapped man managed to contact his friends and send his girlfriend a photo of the steering wheel logo of the car he was travelling in. He also sent coordinates that led police to a street in Torre del Mar, a town along the coast from Málaga. 'Officers then headed immediately to the location, where they found a parked car that matched the make and model of the vehicle in the victim's photo,' the force said in a statement. 'They then discovered another vehicle in the same area, which matched one of the cars used in the kidnapping in Sabinillas.' A few hours later, police saw a man being taken from another nearby car and placed in the back of a different vehicle. 'Seeing that happen, officers began to follow the vehicle, which was finally intercepted on the A7 motorway towards Málaga,' the statement added. 'The victim, who was unharmed and in good health, was freed and four people were arrested. Fewer than 16 hours had passed between the report of the kidnapping and the rescue.' The force said four people had been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, belonging to a criminal organisation and illegal possession of firearms.
