More Than 200 Weather Records Broken In 90 Days As Australia Approaches End Of Hottest Summer Ever
Australia's record-breaking summer ravaged the nation with temperatures so high fruit was cooked on trees while bushfires and floods caused havoc. A Climate Council report released on Thursday showed temperature extremes over the past three months, which was the hottest summer on record.
Port Augusta in South Australia reached a record breaking 49.5 degrees Celsius in January, while every state experienced serious bushfires and Townsville broke its 10-day accumulated rainfall total. More than 200 extreme weather records were broken in 90 days across the nation.
Climate councillor and former NSW Fire and Rescue commissioner Greg Mullins urged the government to do more to combat climate change after the "angriest summer". "This extreme weather is becoming worse and worse. As a firefighter I've seen this develop over the last 50 years," he told reporters in Melbourne on Thursday.
"We're having longer, more severe bushfire seasons. We're finding it harder to cope."
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