Spain Likely to Experience , Another Year of , High Temperatures and Wildfires.<br />Fox News reports that scientists warn Spain has entered <br />a period of long-term drought, the result of increasing <br />temperatures and reduced rainfall in recent years.<br />According to the country's Aemet weather <br />agency, statistics show that the long-duration <br />drought began at the the end of 2020. .<br />Data from the first three months <br />of 2023 has failed to show <br />any major signs of change.<br />The first available predictions <br />for the summer of 2023 point to <br />a likely situation of temperatures <br />once again above normal, Rubén del Campo, Aemet spokesman, via Fox News.<br />Rubén del Campo, a spokesman for Aemet, <br />added that "the risk of fires could be very <br />high given the high temperatures.".<br />Del Campo also pointed out <br />that Spain has experienced <br />severe droughts in the recent past.<br />Most recently, drought struck Spain in 2017. <br />Before that, it occurred in 2005 and <br />at the end of both the '90s and the '80s.<br />To put it in context, <br />we´re in a drought but there <br />have been worse droughts, <br />which is not to say this <br />will not be important, Rubén del Campo, Aemet spokesman, via Fox News.<br />While Spain is geographically prone to experiencing both high temperatures and drought, Aemet says that climate change is now playing a key role.<br />Since the '60s, <br />Del Campo says that Spain has <br />warmed by 34 degrees Fahrenheit.