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Sydney Sizzles in Record Heat as Fires Threaten Victorian Towns [1]

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Bloomberg - 1/18/13, Jason Scott

Sydney, Australia [2]’s largest city, posted its highest temperature ever recorded today, reaching 45.8 degrees Celsius (114.4 degrees Fahrenheit), as wildfires burned in five of the nation’s states, destroying homes.

The record, reached at 2:55 p.m. local time today, eclipses the previous high of 45.3 degrees on Jan. 14, 1939, according to the Bureau of Meteorology [3]. Canberra, the national capital, posted its second-highest temperature of 41.6 degrees Celsius.

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[2] http://topics.bloomberg.com/australia/
[3] http://www.bom.gov.au/
[4] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-17/wildfires-put-towns-in-australia-s-victoria-state-under-threat.html
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