Australia’s growing heatwave threat is putting strain on people’s hearts, study warns - Nearly 50,000 years of healthy life are lost annually to cardiovascular disease caused by heat ...

While not under heatwave conditions, large parts of South Australia are also set to reach temperatures up to 10C above average on Saturday as hot air from WA's Pilbara feeds into the region.

A spring heat wave across large parts of Australia's southeast, including Sydney, will intensify on Monday, the weather bureau said, with temperatures expected to peak up to 16 degrees Celsius (28 ...

Large swaths of Australia sweltered again on Sunday through a widening heatwave, which the national weather forecaster said raised the bushfire risk in an already high-risk fire season as the ...

Australia is bracing for an intense heatwave across its north and west during the New Year's holiday weekend with temperatures forecast to touch more than 45 degrees Celsius (113°F), while severe ...

Heat waves are Australia's deadliest natural disaster, causing more deaths than any other natural hazard. The intensity and frequency of heat waves are predicted to increase due to climate change ...

Australia heatwave: Catastrophic wildfire danger declared as schools shut in record-breaking temperatures ‘We are in this run of very, very warm weather which hasn’t been seen in many, many ...

A sweltering heat wave in Australia took its toll on runners in the Sydney Marathon on Sunday, with 26 people taken to the hospital and about 40 treated for heat exhaustion by emergency services.

Locals hoping to make the most of the hot weather by heading to the beach were left spooked after they found tens of sea ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Large parts of Australia on Saturday sweltered under heat wave conditions that prompted the nation's weather forecaster to issue bush fire warnings in several states. In New ...

Human-caused climate change made recent European heatwaves up to 4C hotter in many cities, scientists said on Wednesday, ...