The most severe heatwave of summer will descend on south-eastern states later this week, bringing a three- to four-day spell of uncomfortably high temperatures and bushfire threat.
Threat of fires and heat stressDue to both recent high temperatures and lack of rainfall, the vegetation is currently primed for grassfires and bushfires.
A less direct impact of heatwaves is on human health. Often called the silent killer, they are responsible for more fatalities than any other weather disaster in Australia.This was no more apparent than in 2009, when the heatwave leading up to the Black Saturday bushfires was responsible for more than double the number of fatalities than the fires themselves.
When a cool night follows a hot day, your home can recover and start the next day from a relatively low base temperature.
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