Spain swelters as temperatures soar above May average

MADRID --- People waved fans, glugged water, and splashed themselves at fountains in Spain on Saturday as the country sweltered under unseasonably high temperatures pushing close to 40C (104F) in some places. "The early morning of May 21 was extraordinarily warm for the time of year in much of the center and south of the peninsula," national weather agency AEMET wrote on Twitter. It issued warnings of high temperatures in 10 Spanish regions for Saturday, where temperatures were forecast to reach the high 30s. On Friday, May temperature records were broken in the city of Jaen, Andalusia, which logged 40C. AEMET said average temperatures in Jaen were 16C higher than normal ...

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