Spain prepares for prolonged heatwave

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Spain prepares for prolonged heatwave

STORY: Spain prepares for prolonged heatwave DATELINE: July 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in Spain 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): CAYETANO TORRES, Coordinator of Information, AEMET STORYLINE: Spain's State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) warned on Wednesday that temperatures in large parts of Spain will surpass 40 degrees centigrade and no relief is expected until after the weekend. Most of Spain's 17 autonomous communities, except for the Canary Islands, are on alert for extreme temperatures, with some regions, including Andalusia and Extremadura (southern Spain), on red alert. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): CAYETANO TORRES, Coordinator of Information, AEMET "We seem to be beating records every year. We are experiencing a greater number of heatwaves, which last longer and which are more intense and arrive earlier in the year." Thermometers climbed to 44 degrees in Extremadura on Tuesday, and the heatwave is expected to reach Jaen, Granada, Cordoba and Sev

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