Anticyclone Cerberus causes a powerful heat wave in southern Europe. In Spain, the ground temperature rose to up to 60°C in places.
Southern Europe is suffocating. Spain, Greece and even Italy are swept by extreme heat which should last another two weeks. In question, an anticyclone from the Sahara and named “Cerberus” by the Italian Meteorological Society.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) predicts a heat wave over the entire Mediterranean area with maximum temperatures exceeding 35-40°C.
45 degrees in Andalusia
Spain is particularly affected. Earlier this week, a peak of 45 degrees was reached in Loja, Andalusia. This Thursday, it was up to 41°C in Seville and Cordoba.
On Tuesday, the temperature at the surface of the ground exceeded 60°C in Extremadura, a region in the south-east of Spain, according to the European observatory Copernicus. According to the European satellite, 13 of the 17 Spanish autonomous communities are currently classified as being at risk from high temperatures, some of which are at extreme risk.
In Italy, temperatures could rise to 48°C in Sicily and Sardinia. Ten cities including Rome and Florence have already been placed on heat wave alert. On Monday, the extreme heat killed one person in the country: a 44-year-old worker who worked under 40°C in Lodi, near Milan, and who had lost consciousness.
On Monday, the United Nations announced that the world experienced the hottest week on record in early July.
