Extreme fire danger warnings for Victoria as heatwave sweeps through south-east Australia

Cool change expected to push through state late on Saturday, bringing intense rain and thunderstorms across the wider region into next week

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Extreme fire danger alerts are in place in parts of Victoria, as swathes of south-east Australia continue to swelter through a heatwave sweeping across the region.

However, the weather system driving the warm conditions is expected to bring a cool change by late on Saturday for much of Victoria, before it triggers intense rain and thunderstorms by the end of the weekend and into the middle of next week.

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