The Hindu: The temperature forecast for next Monday (14 January) by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology is so unprecedented - over 52C - that it has had to add a new colour to the top of its scale, a suitably incandescent purple.
Australia's highest recorded temperature is 50.7C, measured in January 1960 in southern Australia. On Monday a new record was set for the hottest average day across the country, 40.3C, the highest for 40 years. "What makes this event quite exceptional is how widespread and intense...