Extreme weather warning as Sydney swelters through the hottest summer day this year as total fire bans are imposed and bushfire in Victoria grows to the ‘size of Singapore’
Sydney is bracing for its hottest day this summer, with the mercury expected to hit 40 degrees in some areas.Â
Meanwhile, a total fire ban has been introduced across the greater Sydney and Hunter regions as the Rural Fire Service prepare for ‘hot and windy conditions’.
Victoria and parts of South Australia have also been ravaged by bushfires in recent days, with some expecting the conditions expected to be the worst since the 2019-20 Black Summer season.    Â
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New bushfire warning for another Australian state as weary firefighters in Victoria battle the worst conditions since Black Summer
Sydney braces for hottest day of summer so far
Maximum temperatures of 37 degrees are forecast for the CBD, while the mercury is set to top 40 degrees in the western suburbs.
Bondi in Sydney’s eastern suburbs will see slightly cooler temperatures of 34 degrees, while its western namesake ‘Pondi’ in Penrith is expected to see the mercury hit 41 degrees.
The hot weather is expected to break later on when meterologists are prediciting severe thunderstorms will sweep in.
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Bushfire in Victoria now the ‘size of Singapore’
A colossal bushfire in Victoria is now the size of Singapore, as crews battle tireleslly to protect homes.
The out-of-control blaze is tearing through the state’s Grampain National Park and has now burned over 74,000 hectares of bushland.
Luke Heagerty, from the State Control Centre, said over 600 firefighters had sacrificed their Christmases to fight the flames.
He said the fire has grown 12 times its original size in the last week.
‘So, the magnitude of that, it is somewhere around the size of Singapore,’ Me Heagerty told the ABC.
Incredibly, no homes have yet been lost.
‘Extreme fire danger’ warning issued as bans imposed across much of NSW
The NSW Rural Fire Srvice has imposed as ‘total fire ban’ across the Greater Sydney Region, Greater Hunter, Northern Slopes and North Western areas.
‘Hot, dry and windy conditions are forecast across parts of the state, increasing the fire danger,’ they said.
Temperatures are expected to hit 41 degrees in Singelton Maitland and Cessnock, while it is forecast to reach 42 degrees in Walgett in the state’s north.
The Bureau of Meterology (BOM) also issued a fire weather warning for the Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney and North Western regions on Friday morning.
‘Extreme Fire Danger is forecast with fresh and gusty northwesterly winds combined with hot and dry conditions,’ BOM said.
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Extreme weather warning as Sydney swelters through the hottest summer day this year as total fire bans are imposed and bushfire in Victoria grows to the ‘size of Singapore’
