Australians are being warned more heatwaves conditions to come

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Much of the country is experiencing heatwave conditions and people are being warned there is more to come. Western Australia and Queensland as well as parts of New South Wales and the Northern Territory are under heatwave warnings.

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00:00I'm here at South Perth Foreshore where it is still hot as parts of WA are entering the

00:08third day of a severe to extreme heatwave.

00:11Now in Perth, temperatures are expected to be a little cooler than previous days.

00:17It's heading into a top of 37 degrees, however those temperatures are expected to rise again

00:23tomorrow closer to that 40 degree mark.

00:27That's ahead of the weekend where temperatures are expected to dip down to the low to 30s,

00:32high 20s, but as we know it is those overnight minimum temperatures which bring little relief

00:41and right now Perth is halfway through a stretch of four nights above 25 degrees.

00:48And just on those minimums, towns in the southwest broke record overnight temperatures.

00:54Bunbury topped 27.3 degrees, beating its previous record from February last year.

01:02Busselton also topped its hottest night, 26.7 degrees, smashing its previous record of 25.9

01:11degrees back in January 2013.

01:15Other record temperatures were broken across the state on the first day of the heatwave

01:21which is expected to last most of the week.

01:24On Monday, towns of Bridgetown, Collie and Busselton recorded their hottest day in January.

01:31Geraldton reached 49.3, equaling its hottest day ever on record.

01:38Towns forecast for the hottest temperatures today across the state include Southern Cross

01:44in the central Wheatbelt area reaching a top of 45.

01:48Linster in the Goldfields is also expected to reach a maximum of 45 degrees today and

01:54stay there until Saturday apart from Friday where it's expected to have a little bit of

02:00an increase with a 46 degree day.

02:03There was some good news overnight as Western Power reported crews working through the night

02:09to restore a vast majority of electricity to customers who lost power.

02:15More than 12,000 customers were left without electricity after the network experienced

02:22record-breaking demand.

02:24Western Power also said it would be reviewing and cancelling some planned outages across

02:30the state as Western Australians continue to swelter through this heat.

02:36Perth is expected to have some cooler weather on Sunday, a little sooner than those inland

02:42regions which won't experience a drop in temperatures until Monday early next week.

02:49The Department of Health is also reminding people to stay hydrated and indoors if possible

02:56and to check up on friends and loved ones who might be feeling this heat a little longer

03:02as we are about halfway.

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