Cool changes are expected for some parts of the country after the hottest December day in years.
Relief is slowly arriving for some sunbaked Australians after several states sweated through one of the hottest December days in years. Parts of Victoria, NSW, Queensland and South Australia topped 45C on Monday, while the Northern Territory faces severe to extreme heatwave conditions for much of the next three days. Extreme fire danger warnings remain in place with high bushfire risks expected across Australia's southeast.
A cool change is expected to hit the Victorian capital later on Monday evening after already dramatically dropping temperatures in Geelong. Total fire bans were declared across most of Victoria with incident management teams and firefighting aircraft on standby in critical regional areas. An emergency warning was issued on Monday night for an out-of-control bushfire near Creswick, north of Ballarat.
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