A heatwave across Australia has exacerbated bush fires and South Australia is enduring a fourth successive day of record temperatures.
Roads are buckling in South Australia amid record temperatures, with officials worrying the rising mercury could set off a new wave of bush fires.
The state's Bureau of Meteorology noted that the temperature in the town of Nullarbor reached a sweltering 121 F, the fourth hottest temperature ever recorded in Australia. This overtook the record set by Eucla in Western Australia just hours earlier. Records were also broken in Ceduna, at 119 F, and local authorities said the heat melted roads in Wudinna and Port Augusta.
"A contractor has been engaged to spread rocks over problem areas. The roads should be avoided and only used by local residents—please take an alternate route during this extreme weather."The highest fire rating has been given to six districts in the state, with Country Fire Service Deputy Chief Officer Andrew Stark warning that if blazes did break out they would move quickly and be difficult to bring under control.
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