High temperatures have authorities on alert amid bushfire risk and a rising number of drownings. Follow all the latest news and updates, live
8.15pm GMT
It’s Monday 25 January – a year since Australia confirmed its first case of Covid-19. Since then, Australia has recorded more than 28,700 cases and 909 deaths. Globally, there have been more than 99 million cases and 2.13 deaths.
It was, according to the Bureau of Meteorology app, an “oppressive night” in Melbourne, not slipping below 27C. Regional Victoria and inland parts of NSW were similarly warm overnight, and NSW and the Victorian border towns are in for another hot night tonight as the heat wave stretches on. It will be 39C in Melbourne today, 44C in Mildura, 32C in Sydney and 39C in Penrith.
Continue reading…High temperatures have authorities on alert amid bushfire risk and a rising number of drownings. Follow all the latest news and updates, live 8.15pm GMTIt’s Monday 25 January – a year since Australia confirmed its first case of Covid-19. Since then, Australia has recorded more than 28,700 cases and 909 deaths. Globally, there have been more than 99 million cases and 2.13 deaths.It was, according to the Bureau of Meteorology app, an “oppressive night” in Melbourne, not slipping below 27C. Regional Victoria and inland parts of NSW were similarly warm overnight, and NSW and the Victorian border towns are in for another hot night tonight as the heat wave stretches on. It will be 39C in Melbourne today, 44C in Mildura, 32C in Sydney and 39C in Penrith. Continue reading…