A fierce heatwave in Australia is threatening the advance of the Australian Open. It writes the news agency Reuters.
A week after the hottest day ever recorded in the north-west of Australia, is the sweltering heat arrived to the south east of Australia.
Here the heat wave on Friday got the temperatures in the city of Melbourne to approach an rekordhøjde at 42 degrees.
The concern for participants ‘ health in the prestigious grand slam tournament, which begins on 14. January in Melbourne.
The latest forecasts indicate that the warm temperatures will soon slow again – but only for a short while. Temperatures are expected to rise again just a few days before the Australian Open begins.
It enlightens the meteorological institute in Melbourne.
Smaller cities in the vicinity of Melbourne measured both the 44 and 46 degrees in the past day. It writes the news.com.the au on Friday.
In Tasmania, the local forest fires sent smoke in the direction of the capital, Hobart, which has colored the sky a mixture of black and orange.
A local resident in Hobart took the below picture and slammed it on Instagram with the sarcastic words, ‘not at all scary…’
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