In parts of New South Wales, the rural fire service is forecasting ‘extremely severe to severe fires’, with total fires banned.
Parts of Australia, including Sydney, recorded the hottest night of November with temperatures likely to remain high on Sunday, prompting authorities to impose a complete ban on the fire.
In Sydney, temperatures exceeded 40 degrees Celsius (104 F) on Saturday, while temperatures in western New South Wales, South Australia, Australia and northern Victoria hovered near 45 degrees Celsius.
Temperatures are expected to cross 40 degrees for the second straight day on Sunday while the Bureau of Meteorology forecast a five- or six-day heatwave for parts of North New South Wales and Southeast Queensland.
Due to warmer temperature forecasts, Australian Australian Energy Market managers have been told that demand in New South Wales could outpace supply on Sunday afternoon.
“November has been unusual in many ways. “We’ve only seen half the normal rainfall and that’s probably the most significant record for the month of November,” said the Bureau of Meteorology of the Netherlands.
With nearly 12 million hectares (30 million acres) burning, 33 people killed and an estimated one billion animals suffering from extremely long and intense bushfires, Australia experienced a hot and prolonged summer last season called “Black Summer” by Prime Minister Scott Morrison. .
The Rural Fire Service announced a total fire ban for most of eastern and northeastern New South Wales on Sunday, saying there were “extremely strong to severe fire hazards” as hot, gale-force winds increased dry conditions.
Last summer’s prolonged bush fire season caused a three-year drought in Tuma, but this year, early spring Tuna is at risk from meadows after good rains helped the plant’s long growth.
“You can plant grass in a green area right now, but once the summer heat starts to come in, it won’t take long to dry out,” said Richard Thornt, chief executive of Bushfire and Natural Hazard Cooperative Research. Said Executive Richard Thornt. Center.
Australia The fire season in Australia usually lasts from late summer to late spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
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