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A total fire ban is currently enforced across greater Sydney due to forecasted 37C temperatures and high risk of bushfires from dry lightning. The NSW Rural Fire Service warns of extreme fire danger, prohibiting outdoor fires and activities involving open flames. Temperatures are expected to be well above average, with potential for severe thunderstorms that may ignite fires without rainfall.
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A total fire ban is in place across greater Sydney and the greater Hunter region due to extreme fire danger forecast for Monday. Temperatures are predicted to reach up to 37°C in areas like Mount Druitt, with parts of Newcastle and Wollongong experiencing temperatures between 34°C and 36°C. The Bureau of Meteorology warns of hot, dry conditions and potential thunderstorms without rainfall, increasing the risk of bushfires from "dry lightning." Commissioner Trent Curtin of the NSW Rural Fire Service urges residents to avoid any activities involving flames outdoors, such as outdoor fires or welding, to prevent accidental ignition.
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A total fire ban is in place across greater Sydney, with temperatures forecast to reach 37C in the city’s west.
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temperatures → forecast → west
The Bureau of Meteorology said Sydney faced extreme fire danger due to hot, dry conditions and the chance of thunderstorms, with little rainfall.
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Sydney → say → rainfall
Temperatures would be “well above average” on Monday, the bureau added, with areas including Mount Druitt predicted to hit 37C about 2pm.
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areas → add → 37C
Temperatures would hover between 34C and 36C from north of Newcastle down to Wollongong, before a change later in the afternoon, alongside potentially damaging winds.
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Temperatures → hover → winds
The NSW Rural Fire Service said the total fire ban applied to the greater Sydney and greater Hunter regions.
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ban → say → regions
Outdoor fires, solid fuel barbecues and activities such as grinding and welding were all prohibited.
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fires → prohibit → grinding
“Fire danger is going to be right up today, and so people need to take care right through the day to make sure that they’re not doing anything with flames out in the open,” Trent Curtin, the commissioner of the NSW RFS, told ABC radio.
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Curtin → go → radio
“We’ve got some severe thunderstorms expected across large parts of NSW.
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thunderstorms → get → NSW
“We don’t think we’re going to see a whole lot of rain with that today, so that dry lightning starting fires out in the west and through the middle parts of NSW is going to be a real problem.”
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lightning → think → NSW
Curtin said the RFS had made good progress this year with hazard reduction burning due to favourable conditions.
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RFS → say → conditions
“We’ve been able to do a lot more this year than we have in prior years, because the conditions have been a little bit better and we’ve made sure we’ve taken every opportunity,” he said.
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he → do → opportunity
Kristy McBain, the federal emergency management minister, on Monday touted the rollout of the AusAlert system.
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McBain → tout → system
It means compatible phones sound an alarm and receive a text message if there’s an emergency situation nearby.
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phones → mean → message
Only two states – Victoria and Western Australia – have signed on to the system so far.
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states → sign → system
“That will get much better protection for communities who are experiencing disaster,” McBain told ABC TV.
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McBain → get → TV
Monday’s extreme heat comes on the back of Australia’s second-hottest September on record, spurred by a strengthening El Niño.
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heat → come → Niño
The bureau said average temperatures ranked in the top five Septembers for every state.
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temperatures → say → state
“There’s only one clear driver of this and that’s climate change,” climate scientist Dr Linden Ashcroft said earlier this month.
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