Heat building up in country’s centre and driving south-east is causing ‘really unusual’ heatwave that is breaking winter recordsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s winter runs from June to August, but swathes of the country have felt like summer the past week with temperatures topping 40C and records tumbling.“It doesn’t matter how you slice and dice it,” said Dr Linden Ashcroft, a climate scientist at the University of Melbourne. “The temperature records have been gobsmacking.”Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…
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Author : Graham Readfearn
Publish date : 2024-08-31 00:00:21
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Alarm as Australia records ‘gobsmacking’ hot August temperatures
