The oppressive heat that has hit the Iberian Peninsula in recent days, with temperatures above 40 degrees, is several degrees above the average temperature for the season, writes The Guardian, referring to data from the weather service MetDesk.
The heat is expected to continue rising until at least July 14, with temperatures up to 46 degrees in Seville, among other places, according to the Spanish Meteorological Institute AEMET.
Earlier in June came the earliest heat wave in Spain in 40 years and according to AEMET, heat waves in the country have become five times as common in the 2000s
One of the challenges for farmers in southern Europe is access to water.
Buenaventura Gonzalez has this year had to dig 80 meters deep to access the groundwater and the future of agriculture on the farm looks bleak.
- If there is no water, there is no life.
Follow Buenaventura's crunchy wheat fields in the video above.