We’ve gone to an orange alert for high temperatures here in Lanzarote, with 38 degrees (100 F) forecast today, possibly nudging 40 degrees (104F) tomorrow and Thursday. Other islands in The Canaries are on alert for forest fires. We also have a temperature inversion currently, so that it’s actually hotter in the hills than down on the coasts, and humidity is extremely low at moment.
All that puts everyone at risk of dehydration, heat cramps or heat stroke, brought on by the body’s inability to cool the blood sufficiently to keep the core temperature read more »