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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Petra Stock

Most significant heatwave since black summer to blast Australia’s southern states as band of hot weather moves east

The sun rises over bushland
Wednesday will mark the start of three days of extremely hot weather for south-eastern Australia, the BoM says. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

Australia’s southern states are expected to bake this week as the most significant heatwave since the 2019-20 black summer pushes temperatures well into the 40s.

Heatwave warnings cover large parts of Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory as a band of severe to extreme heat makes its way slowly across the country, from west to east.

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