LISBON, Portugal—Spain and Portugal both issued weather alerts Monday, advising residents to take extra care as scorching temperatures were forecast to soar up to 44 degrees Celsius (111.2 Fahrenheit) in some southern areas.
The Iberian Peninsula was sweltering in a heat wave brought on by a mass of hot air flowing north from Africa to Europe in recent days.
With the temperature in Cordoba expected to hit 44 degrees Celsius on Monday, Spanish authorities placed the southern city on alert due to “extreme risks” from the heat. Seville and Toledo were forecast to record temperatures of 42 degrees Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit).
