Southern Australia has seen record summer temperatures set this week.
Never before seen high temperatures have been recorded in South Australia, NSW and Victoria.
Highest being in Renmark, South Australia, - 49.6C, 121F
Fowler's Gap, NSW, - 49.1C, 120F
Walpeup, new record for Victoria, 48.9C, 120F
Hopetoun shared this record.
Mildura, NSW, 48.6C, 119.5F, hottest day on record
Loxton, South Australia, 48.2C, 118.7F hottest day on record
Broken Hill, NSW, 47.8C, 118F. Hottest day on record.
These extreme temperatures will hang around for a couple more days.
Bushfires in Victoria have burnt 400,000 hectares, close to 1 million acres.
130 homes have been destroyed.
Considered to be the worse bushfires since the 2019/20 Black Summer Bushfires which burnt more than 24 million hectares (59 million acres; 240,000 square kilometres; 93,000 square miles) destroyed over 3,000 buildings, and directly killed 33 people.
Highest being in Renmark, South Australia, - 49.6C, 121F
Fowler's Gap, NSW, - 49.1C, 120F
Walpeup, new record for Victoria, 48.9C, 120F
Hopetoun shared this record.
Mildura, NSW, 48.6C, 119.5F, hottest day on record
Loxton, South Australia, 48.2C, 118.7F hottest day on record
Broken Hill, NSW, 47.8C, 118F. Hottest day on record.
These extreme temperatures will hang around for a couple more days.
Bushfires in Victoria have burnt 400,000 hectares, close to 1 million acres.
130 homes have been destroyed.
Considered to be the worse bushfires since the 2019/20 Black Summer Bushfires which burnt more than 24 million hectares (59 million acres; 240,000 square kilometres; 93,000 square miles) destroyed over 3,000 buildings, and directly killed 33 people.
