STEAMY

ALICANTE province is dealing with the hottest July nights for a century, according to weather agency Aemet.

The worst affected areas didn’t see temperatures go under 25 °C on Monday.

Xabia recorded 27°C, Orihuela 26.4 °C and Alicante city 25.2 °C that night.

“These are abnormally hot nights, mostly on the coast, due to the high sea temperature,” said Aemat Valencia boss Jose Angel Nunez.

The average temperature during the first 25 days of the month was 28.3 °C. This is 2.5 °C higher than the average temperature between 1991 and 2020.

Third lane for A-7

AN extra lane of the A-7 motorway is to be introduced along a stretch of 17 kilometres.

The extra lane will be built between Crevillente at the intersection with the AP-7 and the Orihuela-Benferri CV-870 exit at a cost of €94 million.

The project will also see the revamping of five junctions.

It's the culmination of a long campaign to see improvements to the busy highway which, according to Ministry of Transport figures, is used daily by 9,000 lorries.