Hundreds of additional emergency calls,music festival hospitalisations,thousands without power and lighting-storm fires;NSW wakes up with heatwave hangover.
Sydney Airport recorded the hottest December day since records began in 1929 reaching 43.5C at 1pm,beating 43.2C recorded in 1994.
Sydney is on high fire alert with temperatures set to hit the 40s and thousands predicted to pack beaches and outdoor spaces across the region this weekend.
Sydney will swelter through temperatures in the 40s this weekend as a heatwave blankets most of NSW from Wednesday,bringing with it heightened bushfire risk.
The West Australian premier has doubled down on recent commentary about the importance of the state’s role in continuing to approve new gas supply projects.
A wind storm is expected to hit Perth on Wednesday morning on the second day of a week-long blistering heatwave with maximums up to 14 degrees above normal.
Fifteen-year-old organiser Charlie Gallace described months of busy after-school meetings to wrangle permits and speakers ahead of the Melbourne strike,which drew thousands.
Here’s an awkward truth:climate change is affecting travellers,but it’s also caused,in part,by travellers.
Modelling shows that in 250 million years,Australia will swing up into China as the world’s continents crash back together. But widespread temperatures of between 40 and 50 degrees would seal our fate.
Soaring temperatures lead to more deaths each year than other natural disasters,so emergency services must prepare people for the hottest conditions since Black Summer.
Not everyone wants to share a crowded carriage with Fido and Fluffy.