00:00Another week, another heatwave, with scorching days ahead for Central Australia.
00:08An extreme heatwave warning issued today for communities along the NT's Buntean Highway
00:14and those further south into the Tanami and it'll hang around for several days.
00:19So that looks like temperatures up above 40 degrees, particularly in the western top end from around midweek.
00:27We're going to see temperatures up to 47 degrees, so around the 44 to 47 degree mark.
00:34Kalkarindji among the worst hit communities.
00:37With nighttime temperatures remaining in the 30s, there's little reprieve.
00:42Nighttime, you can still feel the heat off the bitumen.
00:45A lot of the hounds have got their driveway made out of cement.
00:48You can still feel the heat from the day.
00:51It still sits on those concrete driveways and the bitumen.
00:55Experts warn extreme heatwaves are one of the most dangerous of any weather event, especially for the young and elderly.
01:02Heat has a profound impact upon health and especially for those people with compromised health.
01:07Yeah, we do see a big spike in deaths during extreme and severe heatwaves in Australia,
01:14whether it's up north, down south, remote communities, wherever.
01:18A severe heatwave warning extends across the breadth of the territory,
01:22from the east coast around Boralula to the Daly River region in the west.
01:26But there could be a reprieve.
01:28The weather bureau says ex-tropical cyclone Koji from Queensland may bring some cooler weather by the weekend.
01:35The ex-tropical cyclone is forecast to move westwards into the Northern Territory towards the end of the week.
01:42And that should bring some increased cloud cover and some rain to central districts easing those temperatures.
01:49Residents of the affected areas advise to avoid physical activity, keep up fluids and monitor for signs of heat stress.
01:57That's why you are using zooms because of the distance.
01:59It's just the physical activity that's not trying to separate from the north drows.
02:01Back to work for you, you'll be paying attention to the back of the other north.
02:02We also have a long-term health, not just the edges of the north-foot hinterlands,
02:04but just the hand-tempercy of the norths like this.
02:06Take out of time and take some out of time.
02:07Okay, we're back.
02:08We've been doing this now, we've been doing this.
02:09I'm having the 2nd tempo, we have trouble in circles.
02:10We've been doing this now and we've been doing this.
02:11And we're making a lot of things.
02:12This is a large number of things.
02:13We're doing this.
02:14I'm going to talk about this.
02:15We've worked on a lot of things.
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