Andalusia as a whole is on alert for the second heat wave of the summer. Thus, the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated this Monday the red warning for high temperatures in the provinces of Córdoba and Jaén, while the provinces of Cádiz, Granada, Málaga and Seville will be on orange alert. Due to their art, Almería and Huelva will remain on yellow alert.
According to the Aemet, this second heat wave of the summer is expected to be “exceptionally warm” in the region, especially between Monday and Thursday and the Agency also forecasts that the last two weeks of the month will also be warmer than normal for The time of year.
According to the information on the Aemet website, the Cordoba countryside and the area of ??Cazorla, Segura and the Guadalquivir valley will reach 44ºC on Monday, maintaining the red alert from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. hours. Sierra and Pedroches and the Cordoba Subbética, as well as the capital and the mountains of Jaén will be on orange alert, with thermometers touching 41ºC.
Already in Cádiz, the Sierra de Grazalema and the Cádiz countryside will be in orange warning, with temperatures of up to 40 degrees, while in Granada, the orange warning will be activated in the Cuenca del Genil and Guadix and Baza, an area that Aemet anticipates that reach 41ºC in the time slot from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Also in Granada, the maximum of 37ºC will activate the yellow risk in Nevada, Alpujarras and the coast.
The Meteorological Agency also expects temperatures of up to 40 degrees in Antequera and Ronda (Málaga), on an orange alert due to a significant risk due to heat. For the Axarquía area, it is planned to activate the yellow alert. In Seville, the Campiña and Sierra Sur will be on orange warning, while the Sierra Norte will remain on yellow warning, with a maximum of 39ºC.
On the other hand, the Aemet will activate the yellow warning for heat in Almería, specifically in the Valley of Almanzora and Los Vélez, Nacimiento, Campo de Tabernas, Poniente and Almería Capital. In Huelva, the yellow alert will remain active in Aracena, Andévalo and Condado, with temperatures of 38 degrees, as well as on the coast, where temperatures will reach 36ºC.
The high temperatures that Andalusia is suffering these days especially affect the elderly, people with disabilities and in a situation of dependency. In this way, it offers recommendations in collaboration with the Andalusian Plan for the prevention of the effects of excessive temperatures on health, launched by the Ministry of Health and Families. Since this campaign began, 46,375 have been managed throughout Andalusia.
The Board has highlighted in a statement that throughout the summer information and recommendations will be offered to telecare users related to high temperatures, such as avoiding going out during the strongest hours of sun and staying in the coolest places in home. It is also very important to maintain proper hydration, for which it is recommended to drink water even if you are not thirsty, juices and cool drinks (non-alcoholic). A balanced diet and closing windows and curtains during the day are other recommendations that are usually transmitted.
The Andalusian Telecare Service, managed by the Andalusian Social Services and Dependency Agency (Assda), currently has 259,567 incumbents in Córdoba, including people over 65, people in a situation of dependency and with disabilities.
Among the people served there is a majority profile of people over 80 years of age (the average age is 82), which is considered a group that is more sensitive to excess heat in the environment.
Another noteworthy feature of the profile that this public telecare service attends to is the high percentage of people who live alone (60%), and some of them even without contacts to turn to in an emergency. Loneliness together with advanced age make them an even more vulnerable group in the face of high temperatures.
It is for this reason that during the days in which a red or orange alert activation or heat wave is reported, and in order to reduce the risks in population groups that present greater complications after suffering heat strokes, Special monitoring is carried out on older people who live alone, from those counties or municipalities where high temperatures have occurred.
