extreme heat

The death toll of this year’s Hajj has reached as many as 1,000 pilgrims. It comes after temperatures reached 51.8°C in Mecca.

A new report has warned that athletes risk cramping, exhaustion, injury, heat stroke or even death from competing in severe heat.

National average temperatures last winter were 1.53°C above the 1961-1990 average, making it Australia’s hottest winter since records began in 1910.