Ley’s allies confident she will remain party leader; Melbourne to swelter in worst heatwave since Black Saturday
A dangerous heatwave is approaching Victoria today. threatens all-time record temperatures and wildfire conditionsMelbourne looks set to crack at 45 degrees.
The northwestern parts of the state are expected to reach a record 49 degrees in the worst heatwave conditions since Black Saturday in 2009.
These include large areas of the Mallee region (including the regional city of Mildura and the country town of Ouyen), where the previous record was 47 degrees.
Ambulance Victoria set up its emergency operations center at the start of the weekend heatwave and is preparing to redeploy paramedics to the state’s hardest-hit areas.
Powercor, the electricity distributor for Melbourne’s CBD and western Victoria, said it would beef up teams, including dispatchers and controllers, ready for widespread power outages in the coming days as grids are expected to be overloaded with people using air conditioning.
Melbourne is expected to see temperatures rise to a maximum of 45 degrees, slightly lower than the 46.4 degrees recorded on Black Saturday, before falling overnight.
