The orange level, indicating significant danger, is in force today in Andalusia, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Galicia and Madrid. In Aragón, Castile and León and the Valencian Community the alert remains at yellow, signalling a lower level of risk.
In Extremadura the orange warning covers the entire region, with temperatures hovering around 40ºC across almost all of its territory. A similar situation is forecast in the Tagus valley in Castilla-La Mancha, where maximums close to that figure are also expected.