Spanish holiday hotspot set to cook in 50C heatwave and that's just the shade

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As Europe braces itself to swelter under another brutal heatwave, locals and visitors in one popular Spanish city are being warned that the mercury could soar to a baking 50C. Spanish meteorologist Mario Picazo says temperatures in the shade could still reach the hazardous temperature of 50C.

Warning that summers are getting “hotter and hotter” the forecaster is alerting those in Barcelona to prepare for disruption over the next couple of days. The stifling heat could cause “power outages, disruptions to urban mobility, or limited access to medicines, among other consequences”, said Mr Picazo. Barcelona, which recorded its hottest June in over a century, has seen the mercury climb due to rising sea temperatures.