"We are living through an extraordinary episode of heat. There are records that have already begun to fall and others that will fall in many areas in the coming days," says Aemet spokesman Rubén del Campo.
The latest forecasts suggest that in the middle of next week it will be hot again, although not as much as these days. "What we are experiencing is a manifestation of what the future is going to be like," says Mar Gómez, head of the eltiempo.es meteorology network.