Australia’s new normal … as city temperatures hit 47C people shelter from the deadly heat

In Sydney's baking suburbs, fans have sold out - and fears about the effects of climate change are mounting

Nahid is resting on a bench outside a Target clothing store, her groceries beside her. A cheery, middle-aged woman with a soft Egyptian accent, she is eating a cone of bubblegum ice-cream as though it contains the secret of life. When I ask her if she's enjoying her ice-cream, it takes her 30 seconds to stop laughing.

"On the weekend I was sick! Sick from the heat! It was like a virus," she exclaims. "My nephew, he was throwing up from the heat! He couldn't even take water, he was so sick.