Caracas, 06 Ago. AVN.- High temperatures affecting Spain since the beginning of this year until Thursday left 52 000 557 hectares burned, according to an assessment of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment of the European nation.
the burned area, 15 thousand 300 hectares are forest area and the remainder to pastures, open and scrub bush.
So far, 6000 749 fires recorded in throughout the Spanish territory. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, also said that in the same period (January-July) 2014 37 000 hectares burned were reported, while in 2013 they registered 21 000.
On Thursday, more than 20 provinces in nine regions declared yellow and orange weather alert due to high temperatures that report, review the website of the agency Prensa Latina.
The orange alert was declared in the towns of Cordoba, Granada, Jaen, Sevilla, Albacete, Ciudad Real and Madrid, where they have recorded temperatures between 36 and 45 ° C.
In a study by the National Climate Data Bank Agency State of Meteorology (AEMET), reviewed in the website Mundo.es, emphasizes that until this summer, Spain suffered 80 heatwaves since 1975, 45 of them in the Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla and the Canary Islands 35 .
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