SPAIN is set to feel an early taste of summer this week, as a mini-spring heatwave pushes temperatures up to 21C along the Costa Blanca. 

The high of 21C on Valencia’s Costa Blanca is anticipated today.

Sevilla and Cadiz are also warming up, with highs of 23?C and 21C expected today.

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Monday’s maximum temperatures. Credit: ElTiempo.es

Sun and clear skies will continue across much of Spain on Tuesday, pushing temperatures even higher. 

Northern regions – including Burgos, Valladolid and Segovia – could see rises of more than 6?°C.

Bilbao will register the biggest increase of the day, with a rise of almost 10C and maximums around 26C , the highest temperature in the whole country.

Temperatures in the Costa Blanca will stand at around 19C. 

Tuesday’s maximum temperatures. Credit: ElTiempo.es

Although the temperature rise will be significant, it is expected to be short-lived. 

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Wednesday’s maximum temperatures. Credit: ElTiempo.es

After peaking on Tuesday, maximum temperatures are forecast to fall almost everywhere across the Iberian Peninsula on Wednesday. 

Temperatures will hover at around 20?C across most of Spain on Wednesday, dipping slightly to 17C along the Costa Blanca. 

Bilbao and Sevilla will continue to experience balmy temperatures throughout the day at 22C and 25C.

After a stormy start to 2026, the mini-heatwave gives Spain an early taste of summer.
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VALENCIA’S highest court has rejected a call for ex-president Carlos Mazon to be tried for negligence over his handling of the October 2024 flood disaster that killed 230 people.

The five judges on the Supreme Court(TSJ) on Monday unanimously rejected a recommendation by an investigating judge that Mazon should be prosecuted.  

The TSJ stated there were no ‘solid or objective grounds’ to charge Mazon who has immunity as a deputy in the regional parliament- Les Corts.

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The TSJ said the law did not provide any specific roles to a president in an emergency situation and therefore- based on the evidence so far- he was not criminally liable.      

They added their job was not to analyse Mazon’s behaviour from a ‘political or moral’ perspective but only from a legal standpoint.  

Mazon resigned last November after a year of intense scrutiny over his whereabouts on the fateful day.

He spent several hours having an extended lunch with a journalist on October 29, 2024 while his administration delayed sending mobile emergency alerts to warn residents.

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Judge Nuria Ruiz Tobarra, who is investigating the regional government’s response, said there was evidence that Mazon showed ‘total negligence in the coordination and management’ of the floods.

She sent a report to the TSJ on February 24, stating that Mazon’s decision to ‘retreat to a private dining room when faced with an extremely serious situation’ was ‘a decisive factor in the deadly human toll’.

Ruiz Tobarra added there was a ‘causal link’ with the deaths of people due to a lack of an emergency alert warning.

Families of flood victims have repeatedly blamed Mazon for the scale of the death toll and have held monthly protests calling for his prosecution.
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