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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Natasha May and Australian Associated Press

Sydney swelters through hottest day in two years amid NSW heatwave

Marrinawi Cove, Sydney
Swimmers at Marrinawi Cove, Sydney, escaped the hot weather on Monday as a heatwave brought temperatures of 38C. Photograph: Nikki Short/AAP

New South Wales is in for a run of sweltering days after Monday proved Sydney’s hottest in two years and high fire danger saw uncontrolled blazes across the state.

The autumn heatwave bearing down on the state has created the broadest area of high fire danger since the black summer bushfires, the Rural Fire Service warned, with no reprieve until Thursday.

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