The city on the brink as it's swallowed by 'heat dome' and temperatures rocket to 40C

Cordoba is a historic city in Andalusia (Image: GETTY) A city in Spain 's southernmost region of Andalusia is already facing extreme heat this week, as one expert warns more "extreme occurrences" are likely as summer approaches. Temperatures in Cordoba, the third most populated municipality in Andalusia, have been forecasted to reach 40C on Thursday, with the blistering heat to continue into Friday. In recent years, the city of Cordoba and the homonym province have been among the hottest areas in Spain and Europe.

On August 14 2021, the town of Campana baked under 47.6C, setting the record for the highest temperature recorded in the country until then. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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