FILE PHOTO: A resident uses a garden hose to wet down the house as high winds push smoke and ash from the Currowan Fire towards Nowra, New South Wales, Australia January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy/File PhotoSYDNEY: Australia is bracing for the first major heat wave of the bush fire season this weekend with temperatures forecast to hit well above 40 degrees Celsius, prompting authorities to urge people to stay indoors.
Last summer's bush fires, which Prime Minister Scott Morrison called Australia's"black summer", killed 33 people and billions of native animals.The country's weather bureau attributed a slight weakening in the current La Nina weather phenomenon as one of the reasons for intense spring heat this year, as scant rainfall in November led to a rise in temperatures in the inland regions.
"November has been quite unusual in many ways. We have only seen about half our normal rainfall and it is quite possible November will be one of our hottest Novembers on record," said Andrew Watkins, the Bureau of Meteorology's Head of Climate Operations.
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