Area five times bigger than Australia walloped by severe heatwave

Area five times bigger than Australia walloped by severe heatwave

Australians have been warned to expect more devastating extreme weather events after ocean temperatures in our region hit a record high last year.The World Meteorological Organisation's (WMO) State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific report released earlier this week found 2024 was the hottest year on record for the region, up 0.48 degrees on the average for the last three decades.It also found that almost 40 million square kilometres of oc…