Turning now to South Australia, a total fire ban is in place across five districts. The Country Fire Service is expecting extreme, hazardous fire weather and is urging residents to remain vigilant. Sophie Landau reports.
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00:00Windy conditions are keeping firefighters on high alert in much of the state, with temperatures
00:08reaching the low 40s in some areas.
00:11There are total fire bans and also an extreme fire danger rating in eastern parts of the
00:17state, including in the mid-north, the Riverland and Murraylands, and the upper and lower southeast.
00:24Now temperatures are going to reach around 40 degrees in Renmark today, where there's
00:29also a severe weather warning for damaging winds, which is along the eastern districts
00:34there.
00:35The Bureau of Meteorology says that wind gusts could reach up to 90 kilometres per hour,
00:41with winds averaging around 60 to 70 kilometres per hour.
00:45And that could impact the ability for firefighters to use their aerial units, so that wind today
00:51is definitely front of mind.
00:53A cool change is on its way.
00:55Temperatures reached Adelaide and fresh gusts and milder temperatures are gradually coming
01:00through Mount Gambier around the middle of the day, Renmark in the afternoon, and the
01:04northeast late this afternoon to evening.
01:07The fire danger will stay elevated, even once that cool change has come through.
01:12So authorities are really urging residents not to be complacent about that.
01:17Even though those temperatures will drop, it's really important that those total fire
01:21bans, they are in place all through until midnight.
01:24And also for travellers who aren't from the state, they're being urged to download the
01:28Alert SA app to stay across the latest information.