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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Mallorca issues ‘extreme risk’ warning as holiday companies insist normal terms apply for cancellations

AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti

As the build-up to the peak getaway weekend gets under way, holidaymakers heading for the favourite Spanish island destination, Mallorca, have been facing “extreme risk”.

Spain’s state meteorological office, Aemet, reported that temperatures hit 44.8C in Llubi, just north of the Balearic Island’s centre, on 18 July, with a thermal sensation of 48C.

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