By ABC
Photo: AFP / Farooq Khan
Firefighters in Victoria and South Australia are bracing for challenging conditions as a heatwave threatens to bring temperatures of above 45 degrees Celsius to some parts of the country.
Large areas of Australia, from Western Australia's north-west to Tasmania's north-east, have been issued with severe to extreme heatwave warnings from Wednesday to Saturday.
Port Augusta in South Australia could see three days in a row around or above 45C, including a forecast top of 47C on Thursday, while towns along the Murray River including Mildura and Echuca are also tipped to see multiple days of 44 or 45C temperatures.
Meanwhile Melbourne and Adelaide are set to reach 42C.
Photo: ABC News: Wade Stephens
The scorching forecast has led to extreme
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