Mainland Spain and Portugal have broken temperature records for April, as the Iberian neighbours swelter in an early-season heatwave that has exacerbated a long drought in some regions.
Spain's southern city of Cordoba registered 38.8 Celsius at its airport on Thursday, beating the previous record of 38.6 C in the eastern city of Elche in 2011, weather agency AEMET said on Friday.
In neighbouring Portugal, the temperature in the central town of Mora reached 36.9 C, breaking the record of 36.0 C set in April 1945, its weather agency said.On Friday, Madrid opened its urban "beach" - a series of splash fountains along the Manzanares river - a month earlier than usual. That has contributed to earlier-than-usual wildfires, stoking fears of a repeat of last summer's extreme wave of fires, which was widely attributed to climate change.
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