An extreme heat is breaking records across Australia. It is expected to peak in many parts of the country with temperatures forecast to stay above 40° Celsius for the sixth day in a row.
The six days from January 12 to 17 are all within Australia's ten hottest days on record, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said. Marble Bar in northwestern Australia hit the highest temperature during the heat wave at a sweltering 49.1° on Sunday -- a January record for the area.