A burst of extreme summer heat in southern and eastern Australia, including Adelaide and Melbourne, has been dragged down from Western Australia's Pilbara region, which has experienced record-breaking temperatures in the past fortnight.
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| Heatwaves generated in the Pilbara have extended across the country this summer. |
Intense heat has been building in the Pilbara, with temperatures in some towns hovering in the mid to high 40s over the past two weeks.
Marble Bar recorded 49.3 degrees Celsius on December 27 — the hottest day in the town since temperature records began in 1901.
Read the ABC News story by Irena Ceranic - “How WA's Pilbara region can generate a heatwave that can stretch to Melbourne.”
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