Huge swathes of Australia on Dec 24 recieved issues because of heatwave conditions as the authorities warned of a high bush fire peril in several regions of Western Australia State. The country’s weather forecaster on Dec 24 issued heatwave alerts for the state and neighbouring Northern Territory, warning that temperatures in some areas could hit around 45 deg C. In Perth, the capital of Western Australia, the country’s hugest state, a maximum temperature of 35 deg C was forecast for Dec 24, more than 5 deg C above the December mean, forecaster information revealed.
Australia’s east is experiencing immense heat because of El Nino, a climate pattern in which unusually warm Pacific Ocean temperatures leads to heatwaves, cyclones, droughts and wildfires. In Western Australia, more than 20 bush fires were raging on Dec 24, the state’s emergency services agency revealed, involving an uncontrolled one near Pemberton, a town of around 5,000 residents, about 320km south of Perth. A Department of Fire and Emergency Services spokesperson revealed in a statement the agency was expecting “more tough fire weather” from the afternoon of Dec 24 as scorching, dry and windy conditions hit a large section of the state, including Perth.
The agency warned of a high fire danger for several regions of Western Australia and said exceeding than 1,000 firefighters had been fighting blazes statewide over the past five days. “Weather conditions over the next few days will lead to pressure on containment lines and potentially increase fire activity,” the spokesperson stated. Much of Australia’s east coast was in line for torrential rain, with the weather forecaster revealing to all of us regarding the matter of flood alerts and a serious thunderstorm warning late on Dec 24 for parts of New South Wales, the nation’s most populated state with Sydney as its capital. The authorities warned of a high fire peril for several regions of Western Australia, a mining state covering the western third of the Australian continent.