DoomsdaysCW@26pglt Yikes!
"Heavy winds struck south-east #Australia over the weekend as a series of cold fronts moved across the continent. It followed a high fire danger in #Sydney and other parts of #NewSouthWales last week, and a fire in south-west Sydney that threatened homes.
"The severe weather rounds out a weird winter across Australia. The nation’s hottest ever #WinterTemperature was recorded when Yampi Sound in Western Australia reached 41.6C on Tuesday. Elsewhere across Australia, winter temperatures have been way above average.
"We can look to the positives: spring flowers are blooming early, and people have donned t-shirts and hit the beach. But there’s a frightening undercurrent to this weather.
"Earth’s climate has become dangerously unstable, and it’s only a matter of time before we get the bad combination of hot and dry weather, strong winds and a spark. None of this should come as a surprise. The sooner we stop expecting Australia’s weather to be 'normal', the sooner we can prepare for life in a wild climate."