Australia this week experienced its hottest day on record and the heatwave is expected to worsen, exacerbating an already unprecedented bushfire season, authorities said on Wednesday, SIA reports referring to AFP.
The average nationwide temperatures of 40.9 degrees Celsius on Tuesday beat the previous record of 40.3 degrees Celsius in January 2013, the Bureau of Meteorology said.The heatwave is another alarm bell about global warming in Australia, where this year’s early and intense start to regular summer bushfires has heaped pressure on the Australian government to do more to tackle climate change.
Record heatwave
Record spot temperatures were recorded this week in Western Australia, where firefighters have also been battling blazes raging across thousands of hectares (acres) of land. The hot weather is drifting across the country's arid centre toward the east. Parts of New South Wales are forecast to reach the mid-40s Celsius on Thursday. On Saturday as conditions worsen, west Sydney is due to tip over 46 degrees Celsius.
Turbulent winds of up to 100 kilometres (60 miles) an hour are forecast to also hit the east coast and worsen the blazes. Embers carried by the winds can travel up to 30 kilometres from a blaze, authorities said.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week made a rare admission that climate change was one of the "factors" behind the fires. But he defended the government’s record on emissions reduction and failed to announce further measures to address the issue. Climate protesters plan to march on Morrison's official residence in Sydney this week to rally for change and highlight his absence as large parts of the country burn. Morrison is holidaying at an undisclosed location overseas.
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