Aussies need to brace for more heatwaves over the coming days following widespread bushfires, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).
Bushfires have swept South Australia—with authorities reporting 143 hectares of scrub burnt—where homes and industrial buildings in Port Lincoln were damaged.
“Numerous fires remain ongoing across eastern Australia, in particular, across Queensland’s Western Downs, where a ‘Watch and Act’ remains current,” the BOM said in Feb. 16 statement.
The Bureau warned of “extreme fire danger” across parts of South Australia, the Northern Territory, and New South Wales over the coming weekend.
“Pockets of ‘Severe Intensity Heatwaves’ will develop across southeast Victoria, northeast Tasmania, and southeast New South Wales on Friday. The heatwave will become widespread across most parts of New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania on Friday, also extending into southern Queensland.”…