Spain will suffer its first heatwave of the summer on Thursday (18), the AEMET weather service said, and the government began its campaign warning of the risks of high temperatures for people who work mainly in the sun.
After a milder-than-expected summer in the Iberian Peninsula, AEMET predicts temperatures that will exceed 38ºC in most of the country on Thursday, reaching between 42ºC and 44ºC in the south of the country in the Guadalquivir valley. The peak will be on Friday (18), when most of the country will see temperatures reach 40ºC.
The AEMET alert states that a heat wave will hit much of Spain, including the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean.
The Spanish Institute for Occupational Health and Safety launched the campaign “With the sun, it’s better to take care” this Wednesday (17) to warn about the risk of sunstroke and solar radiation.
AEMET’s orange alert for extreme heat in parts of the country will also trigger a suspension of some outdoor work in compliance with a government decree approved last year to deal with more frequent heat waves due to climate change.
The measure affects outdoor work such as street cleaning and agriculture.
“Some people are very affected by high temperatures due to exposure for many hours and no proper hydration… So the main advice is not to underestimate the sun, because the body is not prepared to deal with these conditions for a long time,” AEMET spokesman Luis Banon told Reuters.
Source: CNN Brasil
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