A heatwave is keeping much of southern Europe on alert, with temperatures above unusual 40 degrees in many areas even in summer, which are expected to continue this week.

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The minimum in some areas will not be below 30 or at night, so authorities have closed schools and issued health warnings to vulnerable people. In addition to the high risk of forest fires, which have already affected some countries.

In Spain, this Sunday and, to a lesser extent, Monday are expected to be the hottest days of a heat wave that began on Saturday and left a record for a month of June in the country, with 46 degrees in El Granado (south).

An African anticyclone will cause a progressive increase in temperatures due to the entry of a warm and dry mass from the Sahara, resulting in “abnormally high and persistent” values both day and night, representing a risk for the population. The State Meteorological Agency has activated heat warnings in all regions, with “significant risk” in twelve of them.

On the other hand, in Portugal more than 80 councils from the interior and south are at maximum fire risk due to heat, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere. It is estimated that the country will reach a maximum of 44 degrees this Sunday in the district of Beja and in Lisbon at 41.

The French meteorological services maintained this Sunday the orange alert for high temperatures in 73 percent of the country’s departments, all except those in the northern fringe, with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees on the Mediterranean coast.

Some municipalities have decided to close schools, following the instructions of the Ministry of Education, while the Ministry of Health has set up a toll-free number with advice on how to combat the heat.

In Italy, the heat wave will continue all next week, while the Italian Ministry of Health put on red alert this Sunday 21 cities, considering that temperatures, reaching 40 degrees, pose a risk to health.

In Milan, for example, the thermometer could exceed 37-38 degrees for five consecutive days, something unprecedented in the city. Throughout the next week, in some areas there will be lows of around 30 degrees even at night.

In addition, and due the heatwave, In Greece, meteorologists predict that temperatures will fall across Greece this Sunday after the recent heat wave, although they could still reach 36 degrees, reported the daily Kathimerini.

The Hellenic nation experienced last week its first forest fires of this summer season. The flames could be controlled after a few days, with the help of hundreds of firefighters and dozens of vehicles and tankers.

In the western Balkans, meteorologists predict temperatures of up to 36 degrees this week, especially on the Adriatic coast, according to regional channel N1. Meteorologists predict for Romania strong winds along with high temperatures between 35 and 37 degrees in much of the country.

For the have issued a yellow alert for high temperatures, with extreme levels of humidity, accompanied by summer storms, reported the Romanian news channel Digi24.

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