SYDNEY: Australia's southeast on Sunday (Oct 1) sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and prompted authorities to issue fire bans for large swaths of New South Wales state. The nation's weather forecaster said temperatures would be up to 12 degrees Celsius above average in some areas,
SYDNEY: Australia's southeast on Sunday sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and prompted authorities to issue fire bans for large swaths of New South Wales state.
At Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport, the temperature was already 28C degrees Celsius at 10am , more than five degrees above the September mean maximum temperature, according to forecaster data. State Emergency Services Minister Jihad Dib said the"scorching" heat lifted the risk for bushfires in the week ahead.