Adelaide has sweated through a 38C morning as millions of people in the country's south endure the peak of a summer heatwave.
Heatwave warnings have been issued for South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, NSW and isolated parts of Western Australia with temperatures 8C to 16C above average.
Adelaide notched 38C before 11am on its way to a forecast maximum of 40C. The city sweltered through a night where the mercury sank only as far as 27.4C.
