Spain records heat-related death as temperatures soar to 42oC

Madrid [Spain], August 5: A 85-year-old man has died in Spain after the country saw the start of the second official heat wave of the year, authorities said on Monday, as temperatures continue to soar.
The man died in Badajoz, in the western Extremadura region, where temperatures climbed to 42 degrees Celsius on Monday, the highest measured nationwide, according to the AEMET meteorological service.
Similar heat was recorded in Cordoba, a city in the southern region of Andalusia, the authority said. In Madrid, were temperatures reached up to 39 degrees, residents sought to find relief in parks, using umbrellas or T-shirts draped over their heads to shelter from the heat.
Source: Qatar Tribune