{"id":10020,"date":"2026-01-07T02:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10020"},"modified":"2026-01-07T02:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:04:22","slug":"australias-most-severe-heatwave-in-six-years-descends-on-south-eastern-states-as-melbourne-to-hit-42c-australia-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10020","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s most severe heatwave in six years descends on south-eastern states as Melbourne to hit 42C | Australia news"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Large parts of South Australia and Victoria are expecting extreme fire conditions today as a dangerous heatwave moves east, pushing temperatures well into the 40s.<\/p>\n

By midday on Wednesday the mercury had hit 37C in Melbourne and 41C in Adelaide.<\/p>\n

Severe to extreme intensity heatwaves stretched from the north-west to the south-east of the country \u2013 developing in Western Australia and moving through South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, the ACT and Tasmania.<\/p>\n

Many areas were expected to see temperatures in the low to mid-40s, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.<\/p>\n

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