Only 6 years after the weathermen needed a new color for just one spot of extreme temperatures on the map, this is how it looks when that color needs to be used for over 30% of the Australia's area. And that for 3 days in a row, starting today, Dec 18 2019 (like, meh, just a balmy 40C in Melbourne at 18:30, she'll be apples).
[40C is 104F and 50C is 122F --ed.]
Coverage:
BBC - Australia heatwave: Nation endures hottest day on record
Guardian Australia heatwave: records forecast to be broken as temperatures surge past 40C
AFP Australia has its hottest day on record, more to come
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday December 18 2019, @04:24PM (3 children)
Bake all the spiders, snakes, roos, cane toads, etc. and let the air conditioned primates inherit the continent.
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(Score: 2) by Mykl on Wednesday December 18 2019, @09:29PM (1 child)
That will just kill off the weakest, leaving the strongest ones behind.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 20 2019, @09:13PM
And now they are angry, too.
(Score: 2) by arslan on Wednesday December 18 2019, @09:43PM
Today is the day when bears will drop - anyone walking around gum trees be aware!