Victorian authorities warn of ‘extreme’ fire danger in some areas – 42C in Mildura
The heat wave that is sweeping the southeast is at its peak today Australiaraising the state’s wildfire alert level Victoria.
Last week, a huge fire in the national forest Grabians it reduced farmhouses and hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland to ashes.
OR national weather service predicts the mercury could climb to 45C today in some parts of Victoria, Australia’s second most populous state. The temperature at Melbourne forecast to rise to 38°C. In the city Mildurain the northwestern tip of the state, thermometers read 32.9 degrees Celsius at 10:30 am (local time) and the forecast called for a maximum temperature of 42°C, exceeding the usual for January in the region.
Authorities in the state of Victoria are warning of “extreme” fire danger in some areas.
Speaking to the ABC television network, the meteorologist Miriam Bradbury warned that the heat wave in Victoria would peak today and that a breath of fresh air was expected from the evening. Seasonally high temperatures are also forecast for parts of Western Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania.
Australia’s worst summer in recent years was 2019-2020, when fires burned an area the size of Turkey and killed 33 people.
Source :Skai
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