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30 degrees and more expected on Spain's Mediterranean coast

In Spain it is supposed to be as hot this weekend, especially in the Mediterranean, as it usually is in June or July.

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30 degrees and more expected on Spain's Mediterranean coast

In Spain it is supposed to be as hot this weekend, especially in the Mediterranean, as it usually is in June or July. The temperature in Murcia could rise to more than 30 degrees, the national weather service Aemet said on Saturday.

The weather experts emphasized that this could be a heat record for March. In other parts of the country it is also getting much too warm for the time of year. On the holiday island of Mallorca, which was still struggling with snow chaos two weeks ago, it is pleasant at around 22 degrees.

Heat and lack of rain had hit Spain and other regions of Europe badly last year. With peak temperatures sometimes exceeding 40 degrees, it was one of the hottest years in Spain since weather records began.

Since the usual rainfall was far too low in parts of the country last autumn and winter, the water shortage threatens to worsen in the coming summer. The reservoirs are currently just over 40 percent full on average. The average for the past ten years at this time of year was 58 percent. The danger of violent forest fires like last year also remains high.

The situation in Andalusia and Catalonia is dramatic. The reservoirs there are only about a quarter full. In Catalonia in the north-east of the country with the tourist metropolis of Barcelona, ​​water consumption in agriculture and industry is already restricted. Only trees may be watered in parks and gardens.

If there is no further rain, the head of the regional water authority, Samuel Reyes, expects restrictions on private drinking water consumption from autumn, as he told the newspaper "El País".

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