The continent records its highest national average temperature, worsening the bushfire threat.
Australia has experienced its hottest day on record with the national average temperature reaching a high of 40.9C , meteorologists say.
Taking the average of maximum temperatures across the country is the most accurate measure of a heatwave. Several individual heat records for towns and cities have already been shattered. On Tuesday, several areas across the nation's centre recorded temperatures above 45C. The dominant climate driver behind the heat has been a positive Indian Ocean Dipole - an event where sea surface temperatures are warmer in the western half of the ocean, cooler in the east.The difference between the two temperatures is currently the strongest in 60 years. The warmer waters cause higher-than-average rains in the western Indian Ocean region, leading to flooding, and drier conditions across South East Asia and Australia.
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