00:00The weather's hot, but the beats are cool.
00:08A heatwave no deterrent to celebrating Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown.
00:14We've got tunes going, cold drinks, air cons pumping, fantastic.
00:20The mercury peaked at 35 degrees in Canberra today.
00:24It's like so much hotter because in America we don't have like high UV.
00:28The sand is like really crazy and it's like burning my feet off.
00:33Severe heatwave conditions are set to intensify over the next week.
00:38Canberra has not experienced a temperature at or above 40 degrees in that last five year period.
00:45So this will feel particularly unusual for Canberrans.
00:49It's going to be a lot of air conditioning I think this week definitely.
00:51A total fire ban comes into effect at midnight.
00:54We do have a fire danger rating of extreme for Canberra tomorrow, which hasn't been there for several years.
01:03If you thought today felt steamy, brace yourself.
01:06The mercury is set to climb to 39 degrees tomorrow and reach 43 degrees by Wednesday.
01:13Which is nearing one degree off the annual record for January 2020, which was 44 degrees.
01:20Vets have already seen heat stroke din dogs this summer.
01:25They'll be dull, depressed, not wanting to move, struggling to walk, all those sort of things.
01:30The very serious end where they should be seeing a vet quite quickly.
01:33Earlier this week, police rescued two distressed dogs locked in a hot car at a Tuggeranong shopping centre,
01:40reinforcing a plea to keep canines cool.
01:44It's definitely something that can be fatal if we're not careful.
01:46And with no reprieve in sight, it won't just be those with four legs feeling the heat.
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