Increased risk of extreme heat poses particular danger to the young and elderly. FMTNews Australia Sydney
The changing weather is also upending Australia’s much fabled outdoor way of living. Australian summers are now a month longer than they were in the 1950s as climate change upends traditional weather patterns, according to research from the Australia Institute think tank.
The picture was even more dramatic in some regional centres, with the likes of Port Macquarie, a coastal holiday town about four hours drive north of Sydney, seeing seven more weeks of summer. In particular, shorter winters risk curtailing the time available for the controlled burnings that are vital for preventing bushfires. Longer summers also increase the risk of extreme heat, which is of particular danger to the young and elderly.
“Global heating is already making Australian summers a longer and more dangerous ordeal than they used to be. Extreme heat events are the most fatal of all natural hazards and have been responsible for more deaths in Australia than all other natural hazards put together.”This year’s catastrophic bushfires caused the widespread cancellation of outdoor events as toxic air forced the country indoors.
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