Staying cool amid Spain’s record-breaking heat

CGTN Europe

Amid record June temperatures in Spain, CGTN journalist calls on local water-pistol wielding children to help him stay cool while reporting! Temperatures have reached 46 degrees in Huelva, with health warnings issued in the country.  #spain #heatwave #europe #spainheatwave #weather

Transcript

00:005.30 p.m. in Madrid and it's still nearly 40 degrees. This is the first heat

00:05wave of the year and it's come early in June. Record-breaking temperatures in the

00:10south of Spain in Huelva, a town on the Portuguese border near Seville City, 46

00:15degrees Celsius. That's around 115 Fahrenheit. A new record for June in a

00:21month that's going to be record-breaking. The hottest June ever recorded here in

00:26Spain. As you can see, we're in Madrid at Madrid Rio, Madrid River. People are

00:30trying to stay cool however they can. You have the water jets here. This is a

00:36serious thing. Lots of heat-related illnesses. People die during these heat

00:40waves and it's all related to climate change, say the experts. But we have to

00:46stay cool here in Madrid however we can. Dale, dale, dale, chicos. Whatever way you can, you gotta stay cool.

00:51No, we cropped it on there. We cropped it on there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, gracias. Corta, corta, corta, corta.

Category

Transcript

Recommended