00:00Soaring to new highs, Renmark hit 49.6 degrees and Loxton reached 48.2 today, the hottest
00:10temperatures recorded for each of the Riverland towns. We do have a few that come in because it's
00:16so hot and enjoy our free air conditioning. It's hard, you've got to find something to do in this
00:21sort of heat. In Adelaide, locals sweltered through one of the hottest nights on record,
00:26the mercury not dipping below 34 degrees. We couldn't go to sleep till 3.34 o'clock.
00:32It was hot, it was just a lot of wet towels. Housing advocates say they're hearing reports
00:37of rental properties reaching up to 40 degrees inside and tenants struggling through sleepless
00:44nights. We've also heard from renters who have experienced heat stroke in their homes because
00:50their homes do not have basic features like air conditioning or insulation. Community
00:55centres and homelessness shelters have been inundated. And during the day we had over 95
01:01people and that's just one day and numbers have been similar over the last three days.
01:07The Premier urging the community to look out for one another.
01:10There were approximately 80 call outs we've seen for SAS in terms of heat related conditions
01:16in the last few days. So we're just asking South Australians, look out for the elderly,
01:20they're the ones who are most vulnerable. Adelaide hit a top of 42.2 just before 11am.
01:27We've reached 40 degrees by 9am this morning. That is pretty uncommon particularly in Adelaide
01:34and it just shows the amount of heat that we have got lingering particularly about northern
01:39parts of the state.
01:40And reprieve is still days away. Temperatures across much of the state aren't set to drop
01:45below 30 degrees until Sunday but overnight lows will be slightly more forgiving set to dip
01:51to the 20s in Adelaide tonight and tomorrow.
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