Australia experiences hottest day on record and temperatures are expected to soar
This photo taken on December 7, 2019 shows a firefighter conducting back-burning measures to secure residential areas from encroaching bushfires at the Mangrove area, some 90 to 110 kilometres north of Sydney.
Smoke from the fires has engulfed Sydney, raising air pollution to hazardous levels in an event leading doctors have labelled a "public health emergency". The fires have sparked climate protests targeting the conservative government, which has resisted pressure to address the root causes of global warming in order to protect the country's lucrative coal export industry.Record spot temperatures were recorded this week in Western Australia, where firefighters have also been battling blazes raging across thousands of hectares of land.Parts of New South Wales are forecast to reach the mid-40s Celsius on Thursday.
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