BBCNEWS Life at 50C - Part 4 December 30, 2021 16:36:00
And that was appalling. it was atrocious. you couldn't do anything. the only way we could stay cool in western sydney was to have the air con running all day, and that was a really hard thing for me to do. during my first pregnancy, it was so hot that i actually struggled to go and put the washing on the line. while i was literally about to bring this child into the world, i was thinking, what will the summers be like for her in the future? it was the hottest day ever recorded in the sydney basin. incredibly, the mercury rising to almost 49 degrees. because population increase in sydney is con...