Australia has hottest day on record as deadly heatwave grips the country – Sky News, Sky.com
1.7k Views
Australia set its hottest day on record on Tuesday as a deadly heatwave continues to grip the country, fueling fires and prompting widespread health warnings.
The average maximum temperature across the country on Tuesday was 9C (*****************************************************************************************************************************************************. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (F) – tipping it past the record set in January (**************************************************. ***
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said this could be beaten again on Wednesday.
Preliminary results suggest that the th December was Australia’s hottest day on record at (****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************. 9 ºC, with the average maximum across the country as a whole, exceeding the previous record of (*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************. 3 ºC on the 7th January
The small outback town of Oodnadatta in South Australia is forecast to peak at around (C) 123. 6F) on Wednesday, according to the BOM.
It will make the remote town, which has a population of around People, one of the hottest places on Earth.
The unrelenting heat in the small town is forecast to last all week, and is expected to fall just shy of the (. 7C) 125 ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ (F) peak temperature recorded there in – a long-standing national record.
“It’s just another very hot day,” said resident Hayley Nunn.
She added: “People say to me they love summer. If you love summer, come out and experience this because you will not love it.”
***
Image:
A firefighter conducts back-burning measures in Central Coast, New South Wales, earlier this month ************
***
Image:
The hot weather, which comes in the first month of summer, has stretched across the continent and fueled fires that have been ravaging Australia’s east for weeks.
Fire authorities in New South Wales said on Wednesday there were 100 fires, half of them not contained.
Six people have died in the fires, while more than homes have been destroyed and around three million acres of bushland burned.
GIPHY App Key not set. Please check settings