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(8 years ago)The U.S. and parts of Europe estimate an Arctic cold, but in Sydney, Australia, people have faced the highest temperatures in 79 years. The thermometer Ziv there marked 47.3 degrees Celsius. The hottest is in Penrith, an area west of town. Sydney International Tour Players [...]
The U.S. and parts of Europe estimate an Arctic cold, but in Sydney, Australia, people have faced the highest temperatures in 79 years.
The thermometer Ziv there marked 47.3 degrees Celsius. The hottest is in Penrith, an area west of town. The Sydney International Tour players were forced by event organisers to quit the game after temperatures exceeded 40 degrees.
France's Kristina Mladenovic called for apologies after being forced to withdraw in the middle of the match against Ellen Perez of Australia. He wrote on the social network. I'm sorry about the fans, I think this is the first time in my career that I've retired from a” game.
Journalist Jamie Pandaram also wrote on Twitter that the intense heat had not allowed photographers to do their job.
Officials were forced to draw warnings from the fires, which are usually given during Australia's burning summer. The flames have already destroyed some properties in Victoria State and southern Australia.
September 2017, Australians were warned of a dangerous season of forest fires after a dry winter. More than 200 records were broken across the country between December 2016 and February 2017, with several successive waves of extreme heat, fires and floods during the summer season.
Experts say earth and sea temperatures have been affected by climate change, leading to more extreme weather conditions.
