in spain alone the estimated death toll has risen to at least 237 according to the country s health ministry, more deaths are expected as temperatures continue to rise across a significant portion of the country. al goodman is joining us there madrid. a dire situation there in spain. what is the latest? reporter: hi, kim. 19 fires still burning here in spain, several of them out of control, one of great concern is a big fire near the southern city on the mediterranean sea, that was burning well into saturday night and into sunday morning. 3,000 people evacuated including northern europeans who have retirement homes there. a british couple told reuters that they were at a shelter and that they could just grab a few things and they left a lot of stuff behind. there are fires burning in western spain and just across the border from portugal which has had its own fires, there are
south of bordeaux, good news here is, the national weather agency of spain says this current extreme heat wave will end on monday when breezes from the atlantic ocean blow in, start to blow in across the country, still will be high temperatures but the worst is yet to come for france where the peak is expected on monday, officials say temperatures at 40 degrees celsius and in the united kingdom, the met office has issued a red am bert alert warning for areas around london and manchester. they re expecting 40 degrees celsius, if they reach that it will break the record previously recorded in 2019. kim. just unbelievable. all right, thank you so much, al goodman, really appreciate it. we re getting more information about that cargo plane that crashed a short time ago in northern greece, eight
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now, in western europe, we ve seen temperatures way above the average for the time of year. in spain and portugal, we ve seen temperatures peaking in the mid forties, and that is going to push its way a little bit further north across the uk monday into tuesday. for the here and now, however, we ve got some cloud around across scotland and northern ireland, and this cloud will be thick enough for some light patchy rain to the northwest of the great glen and parts of northern ireland as we go through the day today. elsewhere it s dry, settled and sunny, and so those temperatures are going to start to climb through the afternoon. not quite as warm further north and west with the cloud, perhaps temperatures generally around the high teens. but elsewhere, we could see temperatures peaking into the high twenties. now, as we move through saturday night into the early hours of sunday morning, we keep those clear skies across england and wales. those weather fronts continue to drift their way
to resign and flee the country. and an unprecedented win ireland make history with their first ever series win in new zealand. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. temperatures are soaring across continental europe with wildfires burning in parts of france, spain and portugal. strong winds and tinder dry conditions are fuelling the flames. more than 300 people are known now to have died in spain and portugal due to the high temperatures. more than 12,000 people have been evacuated so far in france s gironde region as fires