Weather & Science
Unseasonal Winter Heat Across Australia Raises Wildfire Risks
- Nation faces moderate-to-high fire danger, forecaster says
- Temperatures on east coast could be 2C to 8C above average
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Australia is facing elevated wildfire risks months ahead of the summer fire season, as an unusually warm winter scorches parts of the continent and threatens to set temperature records.
Heat is forecast to bake vast areas of the country in the coming days, according to Angus Hines, a meteorologist with Australia’s weather bureau. Temperatures could be between 2C and 8C above average from Townsville down to Melbourne on the east coast, he said.