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Queensland set to swelter through three-day severe heatwave thanks to Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle

Temperatures are tipped to reach 40C in parts of southern Queensland, with Brisbane and the Gold Coast slightly cooler. (ABC News: Shelley Lloyd)

Temperatures across parts of southern Queensland are set to be 10 degrees Celsius above average, with a three-day heatwave to sweep across the state from today.

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a heatwave warning for the state's Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields and Wide Bay and Burnett districts.

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