MELBOURNE, Jan 26 (NNN-AAP) – Authorities have warned that, the south-east Australian state of Victoria is facing its most severe heatwave since 2009, with temperatures forecast to exceed record-highs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) had the highest-level extreme heatwave warnings in place, for regions of Victoria and the neighbouring east coast state of New South Wales (NSW), as of this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said that, severe to extreme heatwave conditions would persist in Victoria, for an extended period, with maximum temperatures widely forecast to exceed 40 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to BoM forecasts, the maximum temperature is expected to reach 44 degrees Celsius in Melbourne, tomorrow, before falling back to the mid-20s from Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the small Victorian town of Ouyen, 385 km north-west of Melbourne, the maximum temperature is forecast to hit 49 degrees Celsius tomorrow, which would surpass the state’s record of 48.8 degrees Celsius set in Feb, 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tim Wiebusch, Victoria’s Emergency Management commissioner, said at a press conference yesterday that, the heatwave would be the state’s most severe since 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2009 heatwave in late Jan and early Feb was followed by the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, one of Australia’s worst-ever bushfire disasters, in which 173 people were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emergency warnings remained in place today for five fires across Victoria, that have been burning since a severe heatwave earlier in Jan, that triggered a statewide bushfire crisis.– NNN-AAP <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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