Tasmania declares total fire ban until Monday while far north Queensland prepares for tropical cyclone
Searing 47C temperatures, power failures and fires afflicted southern Australia on Friday, with one blaze creating a smoke cloud so large it began generating its own lightning strikes.
The city of Melbourne hit 42.8C by early afternoon, and the state of Tasmania battled 30 uncontained fires as Australia’s second heatwave in as many weeks continued.
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