Spaniards and tourists could suffer in record high temperatures this weekend as the Mediterranean heatwave intensifies.
Forecasters say inland areas of the south could go as high as 48C, topping the current 47.3C record.
The scorcher, which began across the Med on Wednesday, is forecast to last until at least Monday.
It is sending temperatures higher than average by between five and 10 degrees across much of Spain.
The Italian isle of Sicily recorded Europe’s highest ever figure on Wednesday – 48.8C.
On the French Riviera sunseekers enjoyed a more bearable 33C, set to fall around seven degrees this week.
But fears of a UK heatwave this month are fading, with the Met Office forecasting no higher than average next week, at 20-23C.
In Turkey, which has suffered wildfires across the south, severe flooding in the north has so far killed at least 44 people.
Families watched anxiously as rescuers searched collapsed buildings in Bozkurt, in the Black Sea region, today.
Prison inmates were drafted in across the western US today to fight more than 100 wildfires in 14 states – including Oregon, Montana and Idaho.
An estimated 6,170 firefighters are battling the largest, known as Dixie, in north California.
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