A record temperature of 50.7 ° C recorded in Australia
The coastal town of Onslow recorded the hottest temperature on record in Australia in 62 years, with 50.7 ° C on Thursday.
Australia experienced an austral summer marked by major forest fires in the west of the country and deadly flooding on its east coast.
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Mercury hit a record high temperature of 50.7 ° C in a remote Western Australian city on Thursday, the meteorological office said.
Such temperatures could become common due to global warming, the Australian Climate Council has warned. “New heat record in Western Australia and national temperature record equaled!” the state’s Bureau of Meteorology announced on Twitter.
The coastal town of “Onslow has hit an all-time high: 50.7 ° C, a record for Western Australia and the hottest temperature on record in Australia for 62 years.” On January 2, 1960, the country recorded a temperature of 50.7 ° C at Oodnadatta airport in South Australia, according to the office’s website.
“Catastrophic consequences”
Climate Council Director Martin Rice said the record is part of a long-term trend of global warming induced by burning coal, oil and gas. According to him, these extreme temperatures are already having “fatal catastrophic consequences” in Australia.
“Heat waves are silent killers in Australia, they cause more deaths than any other extreme weather event,” he said. Australia experienced an austral summer marked by major forest fires in the west of the country and deadly flooding on its east coast.
According to Martin Rice, without a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, these record heats could become common. “In Sydney and Melbourne, by 2030, we will have 50-degree summer days,” he said.
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