Victoria and South Australia brace for hottest day on record

COMMUNITIES WERE EVACUATED DURING EXTREME HEAT

It’s one of those mornings where there’s no coherent main story on the major publications.

Age And AAP Extreme heat is the leading cause in some parts of the country.

The first said towns along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria had been told to prepare to evacuate as the state braced for record high temperatures. The newspaper says conditions are making the out-of-control bushfires in the Otways even more unstable.