Southern Ocean winds to break stifling heatwave baking Australia’s south-east

Front dragging warm air from the Pilbara brings particularly hot' weather to SA, NSW, Victoria and Tasmania

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Winds from the Southern Ocean will bring relief on Monday to parts of south-eastern Australia sweltering through a three-day heatwave.

A heatwave warning for South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania was issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for the weekend as temperatures were expected to spike in some parts to 40C.

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