Australia Heatwave News Today

Australia's southeast on Sunday sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and prompted authorities to issue fire bans for large swaths of New South Wales state.

A spring heatwave across large parts of Australia's southeast, including Sydney, will intensify on Monday, the weather bureau said, with temperatures expected to peak up to 16 degrees Celsius (60 Fahrenheit) above the September average.

Extra fire-fighting aircraft called in amid South Australian heatwave-

The Australia heatwave comes for the southern half of the country as a monsoon weather is impacting the north. Click to read more.