Spain in the grip of a strong heat wave, farmers in danger

Spain is suffocating under 38 degrees in the shade in the middle of April. Since yesterday, Wednesday April 26, a scorching heat has gripped the south of the country. This situation worries the inhabitants of Seville who are accustomed to this type of heat. “It is not normal ! In April it is hot but not as much, it is very worrying”says a resident. “If it’s this hot now, what’s it going to be like in July, August?“ interrogates another passerby. This spring heat wave affects the towns but also the countryside.

According to the UN, Spain is at risk of desertification

Here, the drought has been going on for months. On the lands of Andalusia, a farmer makes a bitter observation: its wheat fields are almost completely lost. “At this time of year, everything should be Green, (…) it should be much denser“, he confides. In the whole of Spain, more than five million hectares of cereals would today be condemned. A disaster that undermines the leading producer of fruit and vegetables in Europe. This phenomenon that touch theSpain made part of something bigger: global warming. According to the UN, the Spanish territories are at risk of desertification.