Australia to bake until March

Bo SeoReporter

Dec 13, 2019 – 2.54pm

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There is an 80 per cent likelihood that temperatures across Australia will be higher than usual through to March, exacerbating bushfire risk and increasing the frequency of heatwaves.

Temperatures in Western Australia exceeded 40 degrees on Thursday, fuelling a massive blaze in Two Rocks, 60 kilometres north of Perth, that burned for its third consecutive day on Friday.

Bo Seo is a journalist for The Australian Financial Review based in the Sydney office. Email Bo at bo.seo@afr.com.au