The GuardianFirefighters in South Australia and New South Wales (NSW) yesterday continued to battle out-of-control bushfires before a heat wave brings extreme temperatures to many parts of Australia. A large fire on the NSW south coast, known as the Currowan fire, was yesterday upgraded to watch and act. A severe heat wave with localized pockets of extreme heat was forecast to move across South Australia tomorrow and on Sunday, reaching NSW and Victoria on Monday. “Some areas are forecast to reach extreme heat wave conditions,” Barr said. As of Wednesday afternoon, there were 74 active bush and grass fires in the state, almost 30 of which were not contained.

Source: Taipei Times December 26, 2019 16:05 UTC