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'Very serious' heat warning with records under threat
Northern Victoria faces seven straight days above 40C with peaks up to 49C in Ouyen, while South Australia and Adelaide prepare for record-breaking Australia Day heat.
- For Australia Day, urgent heatwave warnings covered Australia's southeast as South Australia faces extreme peaks, with Adelaide forecast to reach 45C mid-afternoon.
- Northerly winds are funnelling blistering inland heat toward coastal and southeastern areas, driving a surge that will lift Melbourne's temperatures back into the low 40s from Tuesday.
- Inland towns have already recorded extreme heat, with Ouyen forecast to reach 49C and Swan Hill and Mildura expected to hit 47C on Monday during seven consecutive days above 40C.
- Authorities urged heightened preparedness as Tim Wiebusch, Emergency Management Commissioner, warned `This is a very serious set of weather conditions` on Sunday, with the state facing conditions not seen in nearly 20 years.
- Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Jonathan How cautioned that peaks could set Australia Day records, with Victorians facing what could be the state's most severe heatwave in nearly two decades.
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