Alicante province is facing an orange heat warning on Wednesday, with maximum temperatures of 40 degrees expected along the northern and southern coast. Inland areas of the Vega Baja and the northern Marina Alta could exceed 42 degrees, while the rest of the interior remains on yellow alert with highs of around 39 degrees.

The State Meteorological Agency, Aemet, has confirmed that the second heatwave of the summer in the Valencian Community began on Monday and will continue until Thursday. The orange warning indicates a significant risk due to very high temperatures.

Conditions are even more extreme in Valencia province. Aemet has extended a red warning for the southern coast, where temperatures of 42 degrees are forecast during the hottest part of the day, with possible peaks of 44 degrees around Carcaixent. Northern coastal areas of Valencia are under an orange alert, with inland temperatures of up to 41 degrees.

In Castellón, yellow warnings are in place across much of the province, with highs of 36 degrees along the coast and in the north, and up to 38 degrees in the southern interior.