Australian heatwave: Adelaide breaks 80-year-old temperature record – live

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Admin

With high temperatures also forecast for Victoria and NSW, there are warnings about potential power outages and blackouts, as well as total fire bans amid worsening weather. Follow developments live

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Yes please.

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Just on the issue of heatwaves and climate change, the ABC Melbourne presenter Rafael Epstein has pointed to recent statements from Victoria’s Bureau of Meteorology (Bom).

Just in case someone says hot weather has nothing to do with climate change

"Australia's climate is increasingly influenced by global warming... has warmed by just over one degree since 1910, with most of the warming occurring since 1950."

From @BOM_Vic this month

Temperatures to soar as heatwave hits every state and territory

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Admin

Much of Australia will bake this week with meteorologists forecasting the hot conditions will last for days in some parts

Every state and territory will bake through a heatwave on Monday with meteorologists saying soaring temperatures will last for days in some parts.

The Bureau of Meteorology said hot days were expected in January but multiple days in a row of temperatures above 40C were unusual.

Smoke plume from Tasmania bushfire turns sky red over Hobart

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Admin

Fire in world heritage area threatens six towns as Victoria experiences dramatic temperature swings

An out of control bushfire burning in the Tasmanian world heritage area has threatened six towns and sent thick smoke across Hobart and Port Arthur, as Victoria experienced a day of wild temperature changes that brought a dangerous bushfire close to east Gippsland towns.

The sky over Hobart turned a dramatic red on Friday morning as the smoke plume stretched for hundreds of kilometres across the state.