Heatwave to turn parts of Australia into ‘one of the hottest places in the world’ this week

Some of the east coast and the north will bake in a furnace of potentially life-threatening heat, the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts

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A heatwave is due to strike Australia's east coast, with temperatures expected above 40C, making the country's north one of the hottest places in the world" this week, the Bureau of Meteorology has forecast.

Residents in northern New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory are being warned to brace for unsettled weather through the week, starting on Monday, as a mass of heat moves eastward from central Australia.

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