Heatwave stretches from Sydney to Kimberley as hot summer arrives | ABC NEWS
A severe heatwave is raising temperatures in the southern states by over 10 degrees above average and increasing the risk of fires to extreme levels.
In the northern outback, temperatures are surpassing 40 degrees Celsius. The Bureau of Meteorology warns that this is just the start of one of Australia’s hottest summers on record.
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