Relief from Friday’s furnace is finally here as the cool change arrives from the state’s west. Temperatures dipped 11C at Olympic Park in less than 10 minutes after the mercury hit a high of 42C in the city today — but it won’t be cooling down for everyone.
FIREFIGHTERS have taken advantage of cooler conditions to boost efforts against nearly four dozen bushfires across the state, but today’s forecast is for temperatures nearing 40C in the South-East.
VICTORIANS could be sweltering through “quite possibly Australia’s hottest summer on record”, compounding already dry and dangerous fire conditions.
RELIEF is on the way from southeast Australia’s first summer scorcher, as the massive pool of superheated air passing over NSW and Victoria finally contracts to the north late Friday.
THE Victorian Farmers Federation and the Country Fire Authority will launch a trial to manage harvest fires.
CONCERNS about the deteriorating season have intensified after the mercury soared to record highs this week.
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