Spain braces for a week of scorching summer temperatures in spring
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00:00 This water reservoir in Catalonia in northern Spain is almost dry.
00:04 The lack of rain is especially severe in the region, with reservoirs at just one quarter
00:08 of their capacity.
00:10 There's no sign the situation will improve.
00:12 Temperatures this week in Catalonia and other parts of the country are higher than the average
00:16 in an unusually early heat wave.
00:19 The president of Catalonia earlier this month expressed his concern.
00:23 "This is the most serious problem we have for the immediate future.
00:29 It is the primary problem.
00:31 It is the most urgent and important challenge, and one that most concerns and occupies the
00:38 government."
00:39 The country's meteorological agency says the heat now is linked to very dry and hot air
00:44 from Africa.
00:46 Temperatures are expected to hover near 30 degrees Celsius and go even higher in the
00:50 southern Andalusia region.
00:53 Spain's civil protection agency warns of a high risk of wildfires.
00:57 The nation led Europe in land burned last year during a record hot 2022, which government
01:04 and independent experts said was the product of climate change.