Victorians wilt as temperatures soar

Twenty people were hospitalised as Victorians wilted in searing temperatures on Saturday.

Paramedics were called to 50 heat-related cases throughout the day, but were bracing for more with Melbourne expecting its hottest night on record.

The temperature hit 41.2 degrees in Melbourne at 3.20pm, with the mercury not expected to fall below 30 degrees before midnight.

Read the story in the Melbourne Age - “Melbourne weather:Twenty hospitalised as Victorians wilt in scorching heat.”