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Australia Satellite Notes

Cloud over WA, SA, the NT, QLD and NSW within a broad region of low pressure is generating areas of showers and thunderstorms. Speckled cloud over TAS in the wake of a cold front is bringing scattered showers. Cloud in the southwest with a front is not currently rain bearing.

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Heatwave to scorch Queensland 'well into next week', BOM warns

18:22 EDT

Temperatures will remain above 40 degrees Celsius in parts of central and southern Queensland until at least Wednesday next week, the Bureau of Meterology (BOM) warns.

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17:26 EDT

Hot weather can take a serious toll on our health.

Extreme heatwave sparks total fire ban in NSW

16:01 EDT

The sort of temperatures that see roads melt and cold taps flowing with boiling water are set to scorch Sydney and northern New South Wales over the next few days with the weather bureau officially forecasting a rare "extreme heatwave".