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Australia’s Wild Weather Triggers Heat Wave and Flood Warnings
Parts of Australia’s southeast are facing extreme heat this weekend, while ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily is expected bring heavy rain, flooding and damaging winds in other parts of the nation. In Victoria state, temperatures in some areas may reach as high as 43C (109.4F), and there is a heat wave warning for 11 districts in the state of New South Wales. “Sunday’s top temperatures will depend on when the trough moves through,” the Bureau of Meteorology said on social media platform X on Friday. Hot conditions would persist along the New South Wales coast into early next week, it said, adding temperatures, winds ... (full story)