Almost all of Spain under heat warnings

Nearly all of Spain was under a heat alert on Tuesday, with parts of the south and north of the country placed on the highest warning level as a heatwave grips most of Western Europe. National weather agency AEMET issued red alerts a warning for "extraordinary danger" for areas around the southern city of Cordoba, the northern city of Bilbao and parts of the northern region of Cantabria.

Large swathes of central and northern Spain were placed under orange alerts, the second-highest level while most of the remainder of the country was covered by yellow warnings.