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Most of the Iberian Peninsula lies this week under warning The second wave of summer heat in Spainwhich will last at least until the next Sunday, according to the Aemet meteorological service. High temperatures are a significant risk to health, and the first wave of August heat has already mourned its first victim: an 85 -year -old man who died on Monday as a result of a thermal blow of a badger.
Only in July 2025 1060 people died from the heat In Spain, according to the monitoring system for daily mortality monitoring (MOMO), a number representing an alarm by 57% compared to July 2024 and 54.5% compared to the same period of 2023. To date, this year is in 3.255 deaths from high temperaturesthe number that is much exceeds last year’s number 2.534The field and summer have not yet ended.
On this Tuesday, August 5In total, nine autonomous communities are in yellow or orange anxiety for extreme temperatures, which can reach 42 ° C in areas such as Badajoz or Yaen. In large cities, the temperature will increase up to 38 ° C in Madrid, while Barcelona (31 ° C), Malaga (30 ° C) or Valencia (33 ° C) will remain much lower.
When does the heat end?
Currently, Aemet assured that high temperatures can continue to the middle. Its announcement says that for Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7It is expected that unusual hot prices will maintain in the aforementioned areas, maximum temperatures, similar or locally higher than Tuesday.
But by Friday 8 And then the uncertainty is growing. “With current information, the most likely scenario is that on Friday the temperature will drop in the Cadabric Sea, but will again grow to the west of the peninsula, so that this episode will continue, at least until the next weekend,” the service on the website notes.