Adelaide temps forecast to reach high 30s and 40s in coming days

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Several heatwave warnings are in place for much of South Australia for the coming days. Top temperatures in Adelaide are expected to reach 42 degrees tomorrow and a record breaking 43 degrees on Monday. Catastrophic fire conditions are expected for the Yorke Peninsula tomorrow prompting the country fire service to appeal to people to reconsider travelling to the area. Total fire bans are in place for much of the state's south and additional resources are in place to support firefighting efforts.

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00:00I want to be very clear that if major fires develop tomorrow, they will test our firefighting

00:08capabilities and they will put our people on the front line of a major challenging scenario.

00:15In those sort of circumstances, not everyone will see a fire truck.

00:20Not every call to triple zero will get the response that you would normally see.

00:24And so the prior planning that you do yourself is absolutely critical to ensure that we get

00:31the best outcome during tomorrow's difficult conditions.

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