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Australia swelters in extreme weather as one town breaks heat record

sudshr47 December 28, 2018

Australians will be cranking up the pedestal fans, as extreme heatwave conditions sear across most of the country.

Temperatures have soared above average across much of the continent, peaking at 49.1°C (120.38°F) in the town of Marble Bar in Western Australia, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).

Much of Australia is experiencing a #heatwave #Temperatures peaked at 49°C today in Marble Bar in the W. High temperatures will continue over the next few days away from the S coast. Some places could reach December records, eg Canberra, which currently stands at 39.2 degrees pic.twitter.com/I3I89E0g8b

— Met Office (@metoffice) December 27, 2018 Read more…

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California hit with two heat waves in less than a month. Here’s why it matters.

sudshr47 July 24, 2018

Historic heat records fell in California earlier this month. Yet, two weeks later, another mass of warm air has returned to the southern part of the state, heating the region for days.
The second heat wave of July will last from Monday through Thursd…

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Stark space photos show UK transforming from green to brown after heat waves

sudshr47 July 20, 2018

The usual verdant grasses surrounding Buckingham Palace and much of the British Open’s 176-year-old Carnoustie golf course have yellowed since May.

A lack of rain combined with near-record heat through the first half of the summer created this situation, and satellites images from the United Kingdom’s Met Office illustrate the expansive reach of the isles’ browning grasses.

Like the UK, much of the world — even the polar regions — have been hit with extreme heatwaves or hot spells in the last couple weeks or longerSiberia reached 90 degrees earlier this month (40 degrees above normal), Scandinavia is burning, and California’s parched land has been turned to tinder. Read more…

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A man got his leg stuck in molten tarmac because the UK is basically melting

sudshr47 July 6, 2018

It’s literally so hot in the UK right now that things are actually melting.

And, one poor chap experienced everyone’s worst nightmare when his leg disappeared into some tarmac that had melted because of the heat.

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service in the north east of England tweeted photos taken of the young man stuck in the tarmac.

“Young man stepped on some tarmac and lost his footing,” read the tweet. “The tarmac had become so soft during the current heatwave that it melted.”

Today we had an incident in Heaton, young man stepped on some tarmac and lost his footing The tarmac had become so soft during the current heatwave that it melted. He stayed calm & called 999 Thankfully he didn’t break his ankle he was wearing his granddads @drmartens!#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/D77PdsC9wG

— Tyne and Wear FRS (@Tyne_Wear_FRS) July 5, 2018 Read more…

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