The Latest Breaking News from Marble Bar

Birds drop from trees as temperatures soar in outback

Marble Bar has sweltered through a scorching four-week stretch of daily maximum temperatures above 41C that has caused heat-exhausted birds to drop from trees.

AAP · Jan 12, 2024

‘Definitely no fireworks’: how Australia’s ‘hottest town’ is marking New Year’s Eve as temperatures hover around 50C

‘It’s hot. It’s just hot’, says Wendy McWhirter Brooks a resident of the remote Western Australian town of Marble Bar

The Guardian - AU · Dec 31, 2023

Heatwave alert for Australia's north as temperatures tipped to hit 48 degrees this weekend

Parts of Australia are forecast to reach temperatures as high as 48 degrees Celsius this weekend, as large parts of the north bake under some of the hottest temperatures in the world.

ABC News · Dec 9, 2022