CO2: 419.68 ppm‘We are in this run of very, very warm weather which hasn’t been seen in many, many years’
Heat takes toll on Sydney marathon runners as 26 hospitalised and about 40 treated for heat exhaustion
A complete ban on fires is declared for the Greater Sydney area and coastal communities to the south, where 20 schools have been closed.
A spring heat wave across Australia's southeast, including Sydney, will intensify on Monday, with temperatures expected to peak up to 16 degrees Celsius above the September average.
It’s only early spring in Australia and the country is already grappling with heat and fire, sparking fears of a potentially devastating summer.
The phenomenon is one of nature's most predictable climate cycles.
Strong winds and a rare, intense heatwave in early spring fanned dozens of bushfires across Australia's southeast, prompting extreme fire danger warnings on Wednesday for the greater Sydney region, home to more than 5 million people.
Australia on Tuesday declared an El Nino weather pattern was underway as the country's southeast sweltered in an intense spring heat wave that raised the risks of bushfires and prompted authorities to issue a total fire ban for Sydney.