Record-breaking heatwave hits Southern Europe and Spain in April.
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An early-season heat wave is breaking temperature records across the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa, with temperatures more like July than April. The cause is an intrusion of superheated air off the Sahara Desert that is being pumped northward by winds circulating around a strong, slow-moving zone of low pressure in the North Atlantic. The heat wave is exacerbating one of the worst droughts on record for the area, with extreme fire danger covering large parts of the country through the weekend.
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