Little reprieve in sight for central and north Queensland as sweltering heatwave conditions continue
2 years, 10 months ago

Little reprieve in sight for central and north Queensland as sweltering heatwave conditions continue

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It's only the fourth day of the month but temperature records for March have been broken in central and northern Queensland, with little reprieve in sight from the extreme heatwave conditions. Key points: After days-long heatwave conditions, March temperature records have now tumbled in some parts Other areas are 10 degrees Celsius above average It's expected that some areas could cool down by mid-next week Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Laura Boekel said much of the region was seeing temperatures well above average, for both the minimum and maximum temperatures. "These conditions are expected to stick around well into next week, so any reprieve unfortunately is a long way away" Ms Pagel said. Bats and Trees Society of Cairns secretary Sera Steves said while temperatures were not quite as high this year, carers were keeping watch over several camps of flying foxes around the city.

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