Heat records are being broken all across northern Australia as the Territory swelters through December.
Part-time gardener Josh O'Brien said he is coping with the heat, but he is making sure to drink plenty of water.
And according to BOM those conditions will not be restricted to the NT, with an"exceptional heat event" increasingly likely to occur across the country next week.A heat symposium attended by experts from across the country began in Darwin on Thursday morning, with a focus on heat-proofing the city's urban environment.
"When you invest in heat mitigation and cooling and greening your city, you also improve health outcomes, you improve people's wellbeing and you make the city a more attractive place," said the CSIRO's Darwin Living Lab coordinator, Nerida Horner.
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