The country’s meteorological agency AEMET warned that the heatwave would continue throughout the week, with temperatures approaching Spain’s all-time record of 47.6 degrees, recorded five years ago.
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The phenomenon was caused by hot, dry air moving north from Africa (including the Sahara Desert) – what Severe Weather Europe called a “relentless atmospheric furnace” and one of the “most intense and dangerous early summer thermal anomalies” in recent history.
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