well, that warning in parts of england comes as scorching temperatures across parts of europe continue to fuel wildfires. greece, spain and portugal are currently the worst affected and dozens of fires have broken out in portugal, including near the city of coimbra, killing at least one person. meanwhile the city of badajoz in spain endured temperatures of 44 degrees with the country s meteorological agency saying some regions were suffocating . further north in france a wildfire ripped through vast areas of pine trees south of bordeaux and many bastille day celebrations had to be cancelled. the spanish region of andalusia has endured some of the hottest temperatures, including the city of cordoba from where our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports. bell tolls. the people of cordoba know all about heat. situated in the guadalquivir valley in southern spain, summers in this historic city are notoriously hot and dry. but this summer already looks hotter than usual.
into your own hands. that is it from me. you can reach me on twitter. in the last few moments, the met office have issued an unprecedented read, extreme heat warning for parts of england. an unprecedented warning for unprecedented temperatures, that are focused for monday and tuesday. it could see temperatures reaching the low 40s. the red warning covers many of england s biggest cities. this is going to have impact on people s health and for infrastructure as well. the hot air has been building across spain and portugal over recent days but it is now starting to drift across france and those temperatures will continue to rise into the weekend. early next week, temperatures could hit around 40 celsius also in the hottest areas. that will smash the all time
in the country. what is the latest? they are starting on a in the country. what is the latest? they are starting on a regular- they are starting on a regular basis, let me give you an idea of what firefighters are facing, a part was brought under control and happened a week ago and there are 400 firefighters in that spot and fires are starting all of the country as the day wears on and temperatures rise and it s extremely dry, the whole of mainland portugal is neither severe or extreme drought and the iberian peninsula at suffering its driest climate in 1200 years according to meteorologists. how are the authorities coping and what are they saying? the government has been appealing what are they saying? the government has been appealing to what are they saying? the government has been appealing to people - what are they saying? the government has been appealing to people to - what are they saying? the government has been appealing to people to be - has been appealing to people to
southern europe. greece spain and portugal are currently the worst affected while the heatwave is expected to continue in britain and france into next week. dozens of fires have broken out in portugal, including near the city of coimbra killing at least one person. meanwhile the city of badajoz in spain endured temperatures of 44 degrees with the country s meteorological agency saying some regions were suffocating . further north in france a wildfire ripped through vast areas of pine trees south of bordeaux and many bastille day celebrations had to be cancelled. the spanish region of andalusia has endured some of the hottest temperatures, including the city of cordoba from where our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports. bell tolls. the people of cordoba know all about heat. situated in the guadalquivir valley in southern spain, summers in this historic city are notoriously hot and dry. but this summer already
for some won t drop below 25. there will be spots to avoid, at the moment it looks like wednesday onwards we will see things cooling down dramatically but with that could come the storms. you cannot look to the future but given that you say you have never had to put a0 on a uk map before, do you think we will see more of this? climate science points to that. look at temperature records in the uk since we started doing them, of the top ten hottest days, seven of them had been since 2003 so it s becoming more and more regular, temperatures getting more extreme. we broke the temperature record three years ago, they are not there to be broken so regularly so there is a concern with a warming planet we will see this happen more often. let s head to portugal s capital lisbon and speak with our correspondent alison roberts. welcome to you. terrible wildfires in the country. welcome to you. terrible wildfires in the country- in the country. what is the latest? the are in the country. what is