Carriage drivers dampened down horses who take tourists around the historic sights of Seville such as the Real Alcazar Palace and Plaza de Espana.
Temperatures reached 40 degrees in the Guadalquivir valley in Seville and the nearby city of Cordoba on Saturday, the national meteorological office AEMET said. Temperatures could rise to 42 C degrees in the Guadiana valley in Extremadura and other parts of southern Spain later on Saturday, forecasters said.
On Sunday, the heatwave could intensify as temperatures could soar to 43 C degrees in parts of southern Spain. A cloud of hot air from North Africa has sent temperatures soaring, AEMET forecasters said, and the suffocating heatwave could last in most of Spain until June 15, six days before summer officially starts on June 21.
There's always a lot of 'hot air' coming from Africa. But it doesn't often cause extreme temperatures in Spain or Europe. 😏