‘It reached 38 degrees’: rental properties across Australia routinely exceeding safe temperatures, study reveals
by Stephanie Convery from Environment | The Guardian on (#5X612)
Warnings come as extreme heat kills more people than all other natural disasters in Australia combined
Karen Thorne's rental home heats up as soon as the morning sun hits her east-facing bedroom in the Sydney suburb of Rosemeadow.
I could wake up at 8am to 28-degree heat in there," Thorne said. The heat is what actually wakes me up."
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