- Title: SPAIN: Heatwave hits 15 provinces
- Date: 4th July 2013
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (JULY 4, 2013) (REUTERS) SUNSHADE OVER ONE OF MADRID'S MAIN SHOPPING STREETS / PEOPLE PASSING BY BEER ADVERTISEMENT / THERMOMETER READING "31C" SUN SHINING THROUGH SUNSHADE WOMAN WALKING HOLDING PARASOL MAN WALKING HOLDING NEWSPAPER OVER HIS HEAD WOMAN SHADING HER FACE WITH FAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH TOURISTS DANIEL AND STEVE SAYING: (DANIEL) "We checked the weather and it was 38 degrees so we were expecting it." (STEVE): "That's why we come. That's why we came." (DANIEL): "We like the sun, sun and Spanish, Spanish beer." BRITISH TOURIST DANIEL DRINKING WATER (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH TOURIST STEVE SAYING: "It's beautiful. Wales is so rainy, we don't get any sun and even now when it is summer back home. But yeah, I love the sun." TOPLESS MAN WALKING AND DRINKING WATER WOMAN WEARING SUNGLASSES SITTING BARE LEGS OF PEOPLE UNDER SIGN MAN CARRYING DRINK WOMAN CARRYING BOTTLE OF WATER WOMAN DRESSED UP AS HELLO KITTY WITH MASK PUSHED BACK FROM HEAD, TALKING TO MAN HOLDING BEER (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MADRID RESIDENT GABRIELA FROM MEXICO SAYING: "Yes, it is so warm. I try to drink water, right now I don't have my bottle of water but I always try to have it with me, to look for shade... I bought a hat and sunglasses." VARIOUS OF FAN ON TERRACE WOMEN DRINKING ON TERRACE MADRID STREETS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SITTING ON STREET PIGEON AT FOUNTAIN PEOPLE WALKING DOWN STREET
- Embargoed: 19th July 2013 13:00
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- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Fifteen Spanish provinces were affected on Thursday (July 4) by a heatwave fuelled by a warm wind from the Sahara, prompting the national weather agency to predict temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius in Seville and a high of 37 degrees in the Spanish capital.
On the streets of Madrid, some tourists seemed excited about the hot weather.
"That's why we came," British tourist Steve said, adding that the sunshine was an improvement on the weather back home in Wales.
In the capital, people took to the streets armed with hats, water and impromptu sunshades.
Madrid resident Gabriela said she had deliberately bought a hat and sunglasses to fend off the rays.
The Spanish Meteorology Agency said the heatwave will continue for a next few days and temperatures probably will peak on Monday.
It issued a warning about the risk of forest fires in Galicia, Andalusia and the Canary Islands due to high temperatures. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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