Heatwave
A white-hot Christmas? Not quite. But as for the weekend before...
Perth is staring down two days of 40-plus over the final weekend before Christmas even as coral bleaches in Broome – but then things take a cooler turn.
- by Cameron Myles and Emma Young
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Out-of-control bushfire near Ballarat is downgraded after mercury cools from 40-degree peak
Residents of Clarkes Hill, Wattle Flat and Dean were told shortly before 7pm to leave immediately, after a bushfire started near Creswick, but that advice has since been downgraded.
- by Angus Delaney and Lachlan Abbott
These are our ‘sweatiest suburbs’, putting vulnerable at risk in heatwaves
Inner Melbourne, the northern and south-eastern suburbs are the worst places to be during high heat according to a new metric of Australia’s “sweatiest cities”.
- by Adam Carey
‘Absolute humidity’: Sydney’s muggy weather set to end
Sydney’s “low-intensity heatwave” is set to end on Sunday, with warnings of severe thunderstorms in the city cancelled.
- by Nigel Gladstone
Spring rains do little to quench WA soils as we head into another hot summer
Cooler than last summer but still hotter than average - WA braces for more heatwaves.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Sodden or scorching? What the weather bureau is predicting for Brisbane’s summer
The high-risk weather season is under way, with storms already providing a taste of what’s to come.
- by Marissa Calligeros
State’s climate future revealed: Success is hot and failure is hotter
NSW climate modelling used by government and councils includes a low-emissions scenario for the first time alongside the more pessimistic forecast.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Seven ways to keep cool in sweltering southern Europe
If you travel through southern Europe during the hottest part of the year, you’ll need a little respite from the sun. Here are seven of the best ways to keep cool.
- by Maria Pasquale
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World’s hottest day recorded, but land temperatures will be even higher
The last 12 months have set new temperature records, with the 12-month global average 1.64 degrees above the pre-Industrial average.
- by Gloria Dickie and Bianca Hall
Desperate for water, some Delhi residents are prepared to kill
The streets feel like an oven. Driving a water truck is dangerous work when water is rationed: people will do anything to quench their family’s thirst.
- by Sameer Yasir
Was it really hotter inside than out this summer? 100 renters found out
A hot summer, a rental crisis and a cost-of-living crisis left some homes ranging from uncomfortable to nearly unlivable.
- by Jim Malo and Kate Burke
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