Temperatures are forecast to rise above 40C in south east Australia this weekend, affecting the already burning states of New South Wales and Victoria further.
The New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, said: “We are assuming that on Saturday weather conditions will be at least as bad as what they were yesterday.
“That is something all of us have to brace ourselves for.”
Meteorologists say a climate system in the Indian Ocean, known as the dipole, is driving the extreme heat in Australia.
source: express.co.uk