People in Italy, Spain and Greece describe their day-to-day struggles in soaring temperatures
With sea temperatures in the high 20s, open-water swimmer Grabiela Rojas feels it isn’t safe to train in the ocean near Valencia this summer.
Rojas, 35, is instead training by swimming laps in an indoor pool, rather than long distances in the ocean. “It’s way too hot in the water,” she says of Spain’s coastal waters, which have hit new records for this time of year. “There’s a point where you can’t cool down. It’s brutal.”
About Author
More Stories
Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access ‘weaponised’
Peter Dutton defends attending Hemmes fundraiser as Cyclone Alfred approached Queensland
Mark Carney to be next Canada PM after winning Liberal leadership race