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Australia Could Eclipse Its Record For The Hottest Day In History For The Third Consecutive Day As The Searing Heatwave And 100km h Winds Fuel One Of The Nation s Worst Ever Bushfire Crises

2020-06-30T01:24:50Z

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Australia could eclipse its record for the hottest day in history for the third consecutive day as the searing heatwave and 100km/h winds fuel one of the nation's worst ever bushfire crises. Melbourne is forecast to nudge 44C on Friday, while temperatures in Adelaide are predicted to reach 46C - toppling the record set on Thursday for the city's hottest December day. Sydney will see a brief relief in temperatures after hitting 45C in the far west but then soar back up to 42C on Saturday as the wall of heat hovering over Australia continues to send records tumbling. The soaring heat could mean Friday's national average maximum temperature is even higher than Tuesday's record-breaking 40.7C and Wednesday's 41.9C. The NSW bushfire crisis turned deadly on Thursday night, when two volunteer firefighters from the Hawsley Park brigade in western Sydney were killed after their RFS truck crashed into a fallen tree and rolled. Paramedics rushed to Wilson Drive in Buxton, 150km south-west of Sydney, just before 11.30pm on Thursday when the crash happened as firefighters battled the Green Wattle Creek blaze. Both the driver and the front passenger died at the scene, while three other firefighters were injured and treated by paramedics. NSW RFS Deputy Commissioner Rob Rogers said the Hawsley Park brigade were a 'pretty tight-knit group'. 'Our thoughts are with the families and the firefighters and unfortunately we still have a lot of fires to deal with,' he added. 'We'll be turning our minds to that today and maintaining the support for the families.' Scroll down for video An RFS firefighter is seen at a home along the Old Hume Highway near the town of Tahmoor as the Green Wattle Creek Fire rages in the background Two volunteer firefighters were killed on Thursday night after their RFS truck (pictured) crashed into a fallen tree and rolled Thursday's average temperature is yet to be analysed, but could also reach record-breaking levels when its results are announced on Friday. 'It is possible that record … may continue to be broken for the next couple of days,' Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Kimba Wong told The Courier Mail. Firefighters are bracing for a disastrous end to the week, with the New South Wales Southern Highlands region already reeling from the loss of at least 40 homes to the Green Wattle Creek Fire, which continues to burn out of control. RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-7800861/Australia-faces-record-breaking-heatwave-temperatures-122F.html Melt-down-under: Australia set to broil in record-breaking...] [/news/article-7799979/The-six-biggest-myths-bushfires-sparks-them.html Revealed: The six biggest myths about bushfires and what...] [/news/article-7809249/Outrage-outback-town-eighth-year-drought-announces-plan-build-huge-WATERSKI-park.html Outrage as outback town in its eighth year of drought...] Share this article Share The blaze, 150km south-west of Sydney, as well as the Gospers Mountain mega fire, are both burning at an emergency warning level - while more than 100 other fires burn across the state. But Queensland's Fire and Emergency Service have warned they will be in no position to send in reinforcements to their southern neighbours as they too face worsening bushfire conditions in the surging heat. A severe fire warning has been issued for the Darling Downs and Granite Belt, the Central Highlands and Coalfields for Friday and Sunday while the rest of the state remains at high and very high danger levels. The potentially record-breaking day could see Melbourne tip 44C on the thermostat on Friday, while the temperature in Adelaide has been predicted to reach 46C The record-breaking temperatures in South Australia could also lead to catastrophic fire conditions, the state's fire chiefs have warned. 'If fires break out in these conditions, they will be dangerous and fast-moving,' the deputy chief officer of the South Australian Country Fire Service Andrew Stark told [ ]. 'They are the kind of conditions which are dangerous for our firefighters and could see properties and sometimes lives lost. 'If we have widespread lightning, there will be more fires than our aircraft can handle.' Nullarbor broke the record for the hottest-ever December day when it hit 49.9C on Thursday afternoon, while Ceduna on the Eyre Peninsula recorded its hottest day in more than 80 years at 48.8C. The 48C-plus heat in Port Augusta was so extreme this week the city's council said four of its roads were already showing 'signs of bleeding' as the bitumen began to melt under the searing temperatures. Firefighters in the Blue Mountains are meanwhile desperately battling to contain a blaze - which on Friday crossed the Bells Line of Road - burning near the outskirts of the town of Bilpin The 46C forecast in Melbourne would mean the city could sweat through its hottest day since Black Saturday in 2009, when the temperature reached 46.4C. Melbourne Yarra Trams has also advised that services will be altered on Friday to cater for the heat, given the potential for significant disruptions to services. Emergency management commissioner Andrew Crisp asked Victorians to be bushfire ready. 'If you leave when you see the fires, it might be too late,' Mr Crisp said. 'It will be a tough and challenging day for the state. We're doing everything we can, what are you doing?' Forty fires have been burning across Victoria this week, with more than 50,000 hectares of land scorched by four fires in Gippsland in the past month. A front moving across Western Australia is expected to bring an end in sight to this week's heatwave by this weekend, with the cool change arriving in NSW in time for Christmas. Friday's national average maximum temperature even higher than Tuesday's record-breaking 40.7C and Wednesday's 41.9C (pictured German tourists Julia Wasmiller (L) and Jessica Pryor pose at Mrs Macquarie's Chair in Sydney, wearing face masks due to heavy smoke) The 48C-plus heat in Port Augusta was so extreme this week the city's council said four of its roads were already showing 'signs of bleeding' as the bitumen began to melt under the searing temperatures The RFS expressed their devastation after losing two brave volunteer firefighters on Thursday night. 'The Service's thoughts are with all the firefighter's family, friends and fellow brigade members,' it said in a statement. 'This is an absolutely devastating event in what has already been an incredibly difficult day and fire season.' Other firefighters were severely burned as they battled the Gospers Mountain fire in the Blue Mountains, which are edging closer to Sydney. NSW RFS captain Jon Russell said he thought he was going to die as his crew were trapped in their melting fire truck by a sharp change in wind direction. 'As I got out of the driver's seat, they came back screaming ''Get back in the truck get back in the truck'',' he said told The Daily Telegraph. 'We stuck hard up against the garage because it was the only thing I could see… it was unbelievable the speed that moved at. Of all the days I have been a firefighter, today is the only day I thought it would be my last.' A property was flattened in Buxton, 150 kilometres southwest of Sydney as residents were told it was too late to leave Balmoral - home to about 700 people in the New South Wales Southern Highlands - and several other tiny towns were ravaged by the 149,000 hectare megafire early on Thursday afternoon. Two firefighters had to be placed in induced comas after being overrun by flames at Bargo, while another three were injured. A 56-year-old man suffering burns to his face and legs and a 28-year-old woman with burns to her face both had to be airlifted to Concord Hospital in 'serious conditions'. A swing set appeared to be the only remaining structure on a fire-ravaged Buxton property Burnt-out cars sat in fire-ravaged bushland in Buxton as fire threatened multiple communities south-west of Sydney In Balmoral and the neighbouring town of Bargo, NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian said 20 homes have been destroyed, while another 20 were lost in Buxton [ ] The devastating blazes have prompted NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian to declare a state of emergency for the next seven days and urged any travellers to reassess their holiday plans. 'As bad as conditions are today, Saturday is going to be worse,' NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Thursday afternoon. 'If you are told a road is closed, if you are told not to travel please take the advice, this is a state of emergency, we don't take it lightly. A truck caught ablaze as the devastating fires ripped through NSW's southern highlands on Thursday A tree is engulfed by flames after 45C temperatures and 100km/h winds created a perfect storm in the NSW Blue Mountains 'It's normally a special time of the year, but we are under extreme circumstance and we just need everybody to listen to the warnings.' The Bureau of Meteorology said the worst is still yet to come with a slight relief in temperatures on Friday before an 'exceptionally hot air mass' blasts New South Wales on Saturday. 'Saturday has the potential to be a very challenging day for NSW and ACT residents, with severe to extreme heatwave conditions, deteriorating air quality and gusty wind changes which will lead to dangerous fire conditions,' meteorologist Andre Peace told The Daily Telegraph. more videos [# ] [# 1] [# 2] [# 3] [# ] [/video/news/video-2199096/Video-Crowds-chill-Hackney-Marshes-River-Lea-amid-July-heat.html Watch video Crowds chill out at Hackney Marshes by River Lea amid June heat] [/video/news/video-2198722/Video-UK-beaches-packed-second-day-running-temperature-soars.html Watch video UK beaches packed for second day running as temperature soars] [/video/news/video-2198026/Video-Couple-left-burns-New-Zealand-volcano-eruption.html Watch video Couple left with serious burns after New Zealand volcano eruption] [/video/news/video-2199116/Video-Hundreds-pack-Streatham-Common-ignoring-social-distancing.html Watch video Hundreds pack out Streatham Common ignoring social distancing] [/video/news/video-2198788/Video-Hordes-people-descend-Brighton-beach.html Watch video Hordes of people descend upon Brighton to get to the beach] [/video/news/video-2199074/Video-Celebrations-St-Lukes-Church-Liverpool-win-Premier-League.html Watch video Celebrations at St Luke's Church after Liverpool win Premier League] [/video/news/video-2199080/Video-Mysterious-lights-seen-flashing-circling-Houston-night-sky.html Watch video Mysterious lights seen flashing and circling in Houston night sky] [/video/news/video-2198824/Video-Hilarious-moment-dog-seen-pair-dentures-mouth.html Watch video Hilarious moment dog is seen with a pair of dentures in its mouth] [/video/news/video-2197784/Video-Little-boy-cries-realises-not-live-mum-forever.html Watch video Little boy cries when he realises he will not live with mum forever] [/video/news/video-2198620/Video-Hilarious-conversation-shepherd-goat-Morocco.html Watch video Hilarious conversation between shepherd and his goat in Morocco] [/video/uknews/video-2197908/Video-Loving-cocker-spaniel-mother-orphan-quail-chick.html Watch video Loving cocker spaniel becomes 'mother' to orphan quail chick] [/video/sciencetech/video-2197974/Video-Adelie-penguin-runs-man-expedition-Antarctica.html Watch video Adelie penguin runs up to man on expedition in Antarctica] DM.later('bundle', function() DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-50', 'channelCarousel', "activeClass" : "wocc", "pageCount" : "3.0", "pageSize" : 1, "onPos": 0, "updateStyleOnHover": true ); ); In Balmoral and the neighbouring town of Bargo, authorities said 20 homes have been destroyed, while another 20 were lost in Buxton. One woman who was loading horses into a float as she fled Bargo - where at least six homes have been lost - said both her animals and residents of the town were 'in panic mode'. 'Property can be saved but it's life that can,' she told [ Even more crushing for the firefighters battling to keep the bushfires under control was the fact many of them lost their own homes to the blazes. The bushfire left behind just a smouldering wreckage of this home after striking the township of Bargo - with one resident said they were shocked the fire had reached suburbia A ball of flamed consumed this home in Buxton, which neighbours fire-ravaged Balmoral in NSW's Southern Highlands, 'They're absolutely shattered - they are devastated by loss but it goes that little further when it's your own home or the colleague you've got sitting on the fire truck next to you,' NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told the][ ]. Adding to the headaches for fire fighters was a southerly change on Thursday which pushed the blaze towards southern Sydney suburbs including Tahmoor. Residents in Tahmoor, Pheasants Nest, Buxton, Couridjah, Thirlmere, Bargo, Balmoral and Yanderra were told it was too late to leave. The mayor of Wollondilly Shire Matthew Deeth said the situation was 'as serious as it gets'. Residents watched on as the out-of-control bushfire near Bargo sent thick plumes of smoke into the sky Two major fire fronts have converged in Balmoral - which have been fanned by the winds exceeding 100 km/h 'Our evacuation centre at Picton Bowling Club is at capacity and our RFS volunteers are stretched incredibly thin,' he told [ ]. 300 people were on Thursday night sheltering inside RSL clubs at Piction and nearby Mittagong. One resident said they were shocked the fire had reached suburbia - with the collection of small towns less than 50km away from Campbelltown on Sydney's south-western fringe. By 7pm on Thursday evening, the state's Rural Fire Service extended the same warning to the towns of Newnes Junction, Dargan and Clarence in the Blue Mountains. A property smoulders at Balmoral after the flames left a trail of destruction in their wake on Thursday While conditions are expected to ease slightly overnight, Rural Fire Services (RFS) crews will be under the pump for days to come with conditions expected to hit 42C on Saturday A 56-year-old man suffering burns to his face and legs and a 28-year-old woman with burns to her face both had to be airlifted to Concord Hospital in 'serious conditions' more videos [# ] [# 1] [# 2] [# 3] [# ] [/video/news/video-2199096/Video-Crowds-chill-Hackney-Marshes-River-Lea-amid-July-heat.html Watch video Crowds chill out at Hackney Marshes by River Lea amid June heat] [/video/news/video-2198722/Video-UK-beaches-packed-second-day-running-temperature-soars.html Watch video UK beaches packed for second day running as temperature soars] [/video/news/video-2198026/Video-Couple-left-burns-New-Zealand-volcano-eruption.html Watch video Couple left with serious burns after New Zealand volcano eruption] [/video/news/video-2199116/Video-Hundreds-pack-Streatham-Common-ignoring-social-distancing.html Watch video Hundreds pack out Streatham Common ignoring social distancing] [/video/news/video-2198788/Video-Hordes-people-descend-Brighton-beach.html Watch video Hordes of people descend upon Brighton to get to the beach] [/video/news/video-2199074/Video-Celebrations-St-Lukes-Church-Liverpool-win-Premier-League.html Watch video Celebrations at St Luke's Church after Liverpool win Premier League] [/video/news/video-2199080/Video-Mysterious-lights-seen-flashing-circling-Houston-night-sky.html Watch video Mysterious lights seen flashing and circling in Houston night sky] [/video/news/video-2198824/Video-Hilarious-moment-dog-seen-pair-dentures-mouth.html Watch video Hilarious moment dog is seen with a pair of dentures in its mouth] [/video/news/video-2197784/Video-Little-boy-cries-realises-not-live-mum-forever.html Watch video Little boy cries when he realises he will not live with mum forever] [/video/news/video-2198620/Video-Hilarious-conversation-shepherd-goat-Morocco.html Watch video Hilarious conversation between shepherd and his goat in Morocco] [/video/uknews/video-2197908/Video-Loving-cocker-spaniel-mother-orphan-quail-chick.html Watch video Loving cocker spaniel becomes 'mother' to orphan quail chick] [/video/femail/video-2197874/Video-Sarah-Lancashire-portrays-character-whos-sexually-obsessed-son.html Watch video Sarah Lancashire portrays character sexually obsessed with her son] DM.later('bundle', function() DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-65', 'channelCarousel', "activeClass" : "wocc", "pageCount" : "3.0", "pageSize" : 1, "onPos": 0, "updateStyleOnHover": true ); ); Firefighters were unable to save this home at Bargo, believed to be one of a few dozen lost on a horror day of fire across NSW A firefighter battles against the blazes in Balmoral as NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian placed the state into a state of emergency for the next seven days A home is claimed by the Green Wattle Creek Fire at Buxton and NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian warned conditions on Saturday could lead to further devestation A wall of smoke and fire confronts a member of the Rural Fire Service at Green Wattle in the Blue Mountains Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told media the fire was growing at such a rapid rate that it was currently hard to get exact details on properties lost. 'I suspect we're probably talking in the vicinity of dozens. What that is in terms of homes, sheds, facilities, I just simply don't have that detail at this stage,' he said. 'It's too fast and unfolding as we speak.' Up to 40 homes have been lost and several firefighters rushed to hospital suffering severe burns Bushland in Balmoral was smouldering by Thursday evening after the bushfire ripped through the region 150km south-west of Sydney 'We just do not have the capacity to send people to help at the moment,' a Queensland Fire and Emergency Service spokesman said. 'In fact, we may have to seek help from other states if conditions worsen in Queensland.' Conditions are also worsening at Currowan, on the NSW South Coast, where at 3pm a fire was upgraded to watch and act stage. A firefighter wets down the roof of a property at Tahmoor as the enormous blaze approaches Earlier on Thursday, Ms Berejiklian declared a state of emergency, as temperatures in Sydney's far west hit 45C and 39C in Sydney's CBD. There are concerns the Gospers Mountain fire, ravaging the northern end of the Blue Mountains National Park, could meet the Green Wattle Creek blaze to the south. Firefighters battled in vain to stop the fire from jumping the Bells Line of Road at Berambing - which runs east to west through the national park. Balmoral, 150 kilometres south of Sydney, has been one of the worst hit towns in Thursday fires An RFS member assesses the extent of the fire as he tries desperately to save a property in the NSW Blue Mountains 'It roared over the road, destroying power lines and cutting the various Fire Brigade resources in half stuck on either side of the fire,' [ ] reported from the scene. The Blue Mountains train line has been closed in its outer-western stretch between Lithgow and Mount Victoria as a fire threatens the rail corridor in between the two stations at Bell. Those in the town of Bilpin, meanwhile, are bracing for the fire to reach their homes. During a press conference, [https://cricketnfootballcenter.blogspot.com/2020/06/andre-russell-family-background.html https://cricketnfootballcenter.blogspot.com/2020/06/andre-russell-family-background.html] the NSW Premier said the 'decision to declare a state of emergency is not taken lightly. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian declared a state of emergency earlier on Thursday, ahead of what was predicted to be one of the most dangerous bushfire days in the state's history With dozens of properties now lost in the fire, firefighters have turned their focus to protecting humans and livestock On a day where temperatures were forecast to hit 45C, winds in the Blue Mountains reached 100km/h 'You only declare states of emergency when it's absolutely necessary and on expert advice from commissioners,' Ms Berejiklian said. It is the second state of emergency she has declared since the start of this year's horror bushfire season. Six people have died and more than 800 homes have been lost. Ms Berejiklian said they weren't expecting conditions to be as catastrophic as they were during the previous state of emergency on November 11. Prior to the November 11 declaration, NSW had not faced a state of emergency since October 2013. The announcement relinquishes decision making powers from the NSW government and allows Commissioner Fitzsimmons more control over his team of firefighters. For the next seven days during the state of emergency, he has the ability to control and coordinate the allocation of government resources, close roads and evacuate residents. 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The floods in 2012, both in Queensland and NSW, warranted an emergency warning, as did bushfires in October 2013. Other natural disasters, including the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009, didn't result in an emergency warning. 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6 Way To Make Your Phone Last Longer Before Buying A New One

2020-06-29T23:22:03Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Prolonging the life of your phone can save you money in the long run. Ian Knighton/CNET Maybe you relish the thought of upgrading your phone every year, budget be damned. But if you're the type who wants to get every last drop of value from a device before moving on, this post is for you. There are some real-world steps you can take to extend the life of any phone, from the cheapest refurb to the [/news/the-best-phones-for-2020/ most expensive premium handset]. The beauty of these tips is that they're pretty easy to do and you can start changing your habits any time. Now playing: Watch this: How to find and delete stalkerware 4:39 Don't skip those app updates. They're important In order to keep your phone running as fast and problem free as possible it's important to update the operating system and third-party apps as they are released. 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Jason Cipriani/CNET Deleting apps can help revive a slow phone Phones have a finite amount of storage and memory, which is why it's important to keep the number of unused apps to a minimum. Routinely deleting apps you don't use from your phone will save storage space and prevent apps from running in the background, using precious resources and making your phone feel slower and closer to the end of its life than it really is. Set a monthly calendar entry titled "Delete unused apps" to remind yourself to regularly go through your apps. Now, go through your app drawer or home screen and remove all of the apps you installed at some point for whatever reason but never use. [/news/how-to-delete-unwanted-apps-from-your-iphone/ Deleting apps on an iPhone is easy] -- just long-press until they start to wiggle, then tap the X on the app you want to remove. 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Australia Could Eclipse Its Record For The Hottest Day In History For The Third Consecutive Day As The Searing Heatwave And 100km h Winds Fuel One Of The Nation s Worst Ever Bushfire Crises

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Australia could eclipse its record for the hottest day in history for the third consecutive day as the searing heatwave and 100km/h winds fuel one of the nation's worst ever bushfire crises. Melbourne is forecast to nudge 44C on Friday, while temperatures in Adelaide are predicted to reach 46C - toppling the record set on Thursday for the city's hottest December day. Sydney will see a brief relief in temperatures after hitting 45C in the far west but then soar back up to 42C on Saturday as the wall of heat hovering over Australia continues to send records tumbling. The soaring heat could mean Friday's national average maximum temperature is even higher than Tuesday's record-breaking 40.7C and Wednesday's 41.9C. The NSW bushfire crisis turned deadly on Thursday night, when two volunteer firefighters from the Hawsley Park brigade in western Sydney were killed after their RFS truck crashed into a fallen tree and rolled. Paramedics rushed to Wilson Drive in Buxton, 150km south-west of Sydney, just before 11.30pm on Thursday when the crash happened as firefighters battled the Green Wattle Creek blaze. Both the driver and the front passenger died at the scene, while three other firefighters were injured and treated by paramedics. NSW RFS Deputy Commissioner Rob Rogers said the Hawsley Park brigade were a 'pretty tight-knit group'. 'Our thoughts are with the families and the firefighters and unfortunately we still have a lot of fires to deal with,' he added. 'We'll be turning our minds to that today and maintaining the support for the families.' Scroll down for video An RFS firefighter is seen at a home along the Old Hume Highway near the town of Tahmoor as the Green Wattle Creek Fire rages in the background Two volunteer firefighters were killed on Thursday night after their RFS truck (pictured) crashed into a fallen tree and rolled Thursday's average temperature is yet to be analysed, but could also reach record-breaking levels when its results are announced on Friday. 'It is possible that record … may continue to be broken for the next couple of days,' Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Kimba Wong told The Courier Mail. Firefighters are bracing for a disastrous end to the week, with the New South Wales Southern Highlands region already reeling from the loss of at least 40 homes to the Green Wattle Creek Fire, which continues to burn out of control. RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-7800861/Australia-faces-record-breaking-heatwave-temperatures-122F.html Melt-down-under: Australia set to broil in record-breaking...] [/news/article-7799979/The-six-biggest-myths-bushfires-sparks-them.html Revealed: The six biggest myths about bushfires and what...] [/news/article-7809249/Outrage-outback-town-eighth-year-drought-announces-plan-build-huge-WATERSKI-park.html Outrage as outback town in its eighth year of drought...] Share this article Share The blaze, 150km south-west of Sydney, as well as the Gospers Mountain mega fire, are both burning at an emergency warning level - while more than 100 other fires burn across the state. But Queensland's Fire and Emergency Service have warned they will be in no position to send in reinforcements to their southern neighbours as they too face worsening bushfire conditions in the surging heat. A severe fire warning has been issued for the Darling Downs and Granite Belt, the Central Highlands and Coalfields for Friday and Sunday while the rest of the state remains at high and very high danger levels. The potentially record-breaking day could see Melbourne tip 44C on the thermostat on Friday, while the temperature in Adelaide has been predicted to reach 46C The record-breaking temperatures in South Australia could also lead to catastrophic fire conditions, the state's fire chiefs have warned. 'If fires break out in these conditions, they will be dangerous and fast-moving,' the deputy chief officer of the South Australian Country Fire Service Andrew Stark told [ ]. 'They are the kind of conditions which are dangerous for our firefighters and could see properties and sometimes lives lost. 'If we have widespread lightning, there will be more fires than our aircraft can handle.' Nullarbor broke the record for the hottest-ever December day when it hit 49.9C on Thursday afternoon, while Ceduna on the Eyre Peninsula recorded its hottest day in more than 80 years at 48.8C. The 48C-plus heat in Port Augusta was so extreme this week the city's council said four of its roads were already showing 'signs of bleeding' as the bitumen began to melt under the searing temperatures. Firefighters in the Blue Mountains are meanwhile desperately battling to contain a blaze - which on Friday crossed the Bells Line of Road - burning near the outskirts of the town of Bilpin The 46C forecast in Melbourne would mean the city could sweat through its hottest day since Black Saturday in 2009, when the temperature reached 46.4C. Melbourne Yarra Trams has also advised that services will be altered on Friday to cater for the heat, given the potential for significant disruptions to services. Emergency management commissioner Andrew Crisp asked Victorians to be bushfire ready. 'If you leave when you see the fires, it might be too late,' Mr Crisp said. 'It will be a tough and challenging day for the state. We're doing everything we can, what are you doing?' Forty fires have been burning across Victoria this week, with more than 50,000 hectares of land scorched by four fires in Gippsland in the past month. A front moving across Western Australia is expected to bring an end in sight to this week's heatwave by this weekend, with the cool change arriving in NSW in time for Christmas. Friday's national average maximum temperature even higher than Tuesday's record-breaking 40.7C and Wednesday's 41.9C (pictured German tourists Julia Wasmiller (L) and Jessica Pryor pose at Mrs Macquarie's Chair in Sydney, wearing face masks due to heavy smoke) The 48C-plus heat in Port Augusta was so extreme this week the city's council said four of its roads were already showing 'signs of bleeding' as the bitumen began to melt under the searing temperatures The RFS expressed their devastation after losing two brave volunteer firefighters on Thursday night. 'The Service's thoughts are with all the firefighter's family, friends and fellow brigade members,' it said in a statement. 'This is an absolutely devastating event in what has already been an incredibly difficult day and fire season.' Other firefighters were severely burned as they battled the Gospers Mountain fire in the Blue Mountains, which are edging closer to Sydney. NSW RFS captain Jon Russell said he thought he was going to die as his crew were trapped in their melting fire truck by a sharp change in wind direction. 'As I got out of the driver's seat, they came back screaming ''Get back in the truck get back in the truck'',' he said told The Daily Telegraph. 'We stuck hard up against the garage because it was the only thing I could see… it was unbelievable the speed that moved at. Of all the days I have been a firefighter, today is the only day I thought it would be my last.' A property was flattened in Buxton, 150 kilometres southwest of Sydney as residents were told it was too late to leave Balmoral - home to about 700 people in the New South Wales Southern Highlands - and several other tiny towns were ravaged by the 149,000 hectare megafire early on Thursday afternoon. Two firefighters had to be placed in induced comas after being overrun by flames at Bargo, while another three were injured. A 56-year-old man suffering burns to his face and legs and a 28-year-old woman with burns to her face both had to be airlifted to Concord Hospital in 'serious conditions'. A swing set appeared to be the only remaining structure on a fire-ravaged Buxton property Burnt-out cars sat in fire-ravaged bushland in Buxton as fire threatened multiple communities south-west of Sydney In Balmoral and the neighbouring town of Bargo, NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian said 20 homes have been destroyed, while another 20 were lost in Buxton [ ] The devastating blazes have prompted NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian to declare a state of emergency for the next seven days and urged any travellers to reassess their holiday plans. 'As bad as conditions are today, Saturday is going to be worse,' NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Thursday afternoon. 'If you are told a road is closed, if you are told not to travel please take the advice, this is a state of emergency, we don't take it lightly. A truck caught ablaze as the devastating fires ripped through NSW's southern highlands on Thursday A tree is engulfed by flames after 45C temperatures and 100km/h winds created a perfect storm in the NSW Blue Mountains 'It's normally a special time of the year, but we are under extreme circumstance and we just need everybody to listen to the warnings.' The Bureau of Meteorology said the worst is still yet to come with a slight relief in temperatures on Friday before an 'exceptionally hot air mass' blasts New South Wales on Saturday. 'Saturday has the potential to be a very challenging day for NSW and ACT residents, with severe to extreme heatwave conditions, deteriorating air quality and gusty wind changes which will lead to dangerous fire conditions,' meteorologist Andre Peace told The Daily Telegraph. more videos [# ] [# 1] [# 2] [# 3] [# ] [/video/news/video-2199096/Video-Crowds-chill-Hackney-Marshes-River-Lea-amid-July-heat.html Watch video Crowds chill out at Hackney Marshes by River Lea amid June heat] [/video/news/video-2198722/Video-UK-beaches-packed-second-day-running-temperature-soars.html Watch video UK beaches packed for second day running as temperature soars] [/video/news/video-2198026/Video-Couple-left-burns-New-Zealand-volcano-eruption.html Watch video Couple left with serious burns after New Zealand volcano eruption] [/video/news/video-2199116/Video-Hundreds-pack-Streatham-Common-ignoring-social-distancing.html Watch video Hundreds pack out Streatham Common ignoring social distancing] [/video/news/video-2198788/Video-Hordes-people-descend-Brighton-beach.html Watch video Hordes of people descend upon Brighton to get to the beach] [/video/news/video-2199074/Video-Celebrations-St-Lukes-Church-Liverpool-win-Premier-League.html Watch video Celebrations at St Luke's Church after Liverpool win Premier League] [/video/news/video-2199080/Video-Mysterious-lights-seen-flashing-circling-Houston-night-sky.html Watch video Mysterious lights seen flashing and circling in Houston night sky] [/video/news/video-2198824/Video-Hilarious-moment-dog-seen-pair-dentures-mouth.html Watch video Hilarious moment dog is seen with a pair of dentures in its mouth] [/video/news/video-2197784/Video-Little-boy-cries-realises-not-live-mum-forever.html Watch video Little boy cries when he realises he will not live with mum forever] [/video/news/video-2198620/Video-Hilarious-conversation-shepherd-goat-Morocco.html Watch video Hilarious conversation between shepherd and his goat in Morocco] [/video/uknews/video-2197908/Video-Loving-cocker-spaniel-mother-orphan-quail-chick.html Watch video Loving cocker spaniel becomes 'mother' to orphan quail chick] [/video/sciencetech/video-2197974/Video-Adelie-penguin-runs-man-expedition-Antarctica.html Watch video Adelie penguin runs up to man on expedition in Antarctica] DM.later('bundle', function() DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-50', 'channelCarousel', "activeClass" : "wocc", "pageCount" : "3.0", "pageSize" : 1, "onPos": 0, "updateStyleOnHover": true ); ); In Balmoral and the neighbouring town of Bargo, authorities said 20 homes have been destroyed, while another 20 were lost in Buxton. One woman who was loading horses into a float as she fled Bargo - where at least six homes have been lost - said both her animals and residents of the town were 'in panic mode'. 'Property can be saved but it's life that can,' she told [ Even more crushing for the firefighters battling to keep the bushfires under control was the fact many of them lost their own homes to the blazes. The bushfire left behind just a smouldering wreckage of this home after striking the township of Bargo - with one resident said they were shocked the fire had reached suburbia A ball of flamed consumed this home in Buxton, which neighbours fire-ravaged Balmoral in NSW's Southern Highlands, 'They're absolutely shattered - they are devastated by loss but it goes that little further when it's your own home or the colleague you've got sitting on the fire truck next to you,' NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told the][ ]. Adding to the headaches for fire fighters was a southerly change on Thursday which pushed the blaze towards southern Sydney suburbs including Tahmoor. Residents in Tahmoor, Pheasants Nest, Buxton, Couridjah, Thirlmere, Bargo, Balmoral and Yanderra were told it was too late to leave. The mayor of Wollondilly Shire Matthew Deeth said the situation was 'as serious as it gets'. Residents watched on as the out-of-control bushfire near Bargo sent thick plumes of smoke into the sky Two major fire fronts have converged in Balmoral - which have been fanned by the winds exceeding 100 km/h 'Our evacuation centre at Picton Bowling Club is at capacity and our RFS volunteers are stretched incredibly thin,' he told [ ]. 300 people were on Thursday night sheltering inside RSL clubs at Piction and nearby Mittagong. One resident said they were shocked the fire had reached suburbia - with the collection of small towns less than 50km away from Campbelltown on Sydney's south-western fringe. By 7pm on Thursday evening, the state's Rural Fire Service extended the same warning to the towns of Newnes Junction, Dargan and Clarence in the Blue Mountains. A property smoulders at Balmoral after the flames left a trail of destruction in their wake on Thursday While conditions are expected to ease slightly overnight, Rural Fire Services (RFS) crews will be under the pump for days to come with conditions expected to hit 42C on Saturday A 56-year-old man suffering burns to his face and legs and a 28-year-old woman with burns to her face both had to be airlifted to Concord Hospital in 'serious conditions' more videos [# ] [# 1] [# 2] [# 3] [# ] [/video/news/video-2199096/Video-Crowds-chill-Hackney-Marshes-River-Lea-amid-July-heat.html Watch video Crowds chill out at Hackney Marshes by River Lea amid June heat] [/video/news/video-2198722/Video-UK-beaches-packed-second-day-running-temperature-soars.html Watch video UK beaches packed for second day running as temperature soars] [/video/news/video-2198026/Video-Couple-left-burns-New-Zealand-volcano-eruption.html Watch video Couple left with serious burns after New Zealand volcano eruption] [/video/news/video-2199116/Video-Hundreds-pack-Streatham-Common-ignoring-social-distancing.html Watch video Hundreds pack out Streatham Common ignoring social distancing] [/video/news/video-2198788/Video-Hordes-people-descend-Brighton-beach.html Watch video Hordes of people descend upon Brighton to get to the beach] [/video/news/video-2199074/Video-Celebrations-St-Lukes-Church-Liverpool-win-Premier-League.html Watch video Celebrations at St Luke's Church after Liverpool win Premier League] [/video/news/video-2199080/Video-Mysterious-lights-seen-flashing-circling-Houston-night-sky.html Watch video Mysterious lights seen flashing and circling in Houston night sky] [/video/news/video-2198824/Video-Hilarious-moment-dog-seen-pair-dentures-mouth.html Watch video Hilarious moment dog is seen with a pair of dentures in its mouth] [/video/news/video-2197784/Video-Little-boy-cries-realises-not-live-mum-forever.html Watch video Little boy cries when he realises he will not live with mum forever] [/video/news/video-2198620/Video-Hilarious-conversation-shepherd-goat-Morocco.html Watch video Hilarious conversation between shepherd and his goat in Morocco] [/video/uknews/video-2197908/Video-Loving-cocker-spaniel-mother-orphan-quail-chick.html Watch video Loving cocker spaniel becomes 'mother' to orphan quail chick] [/video/femail/video-2197874/Video-Sarah-Lancashire-portrays-character-whos-sexually-obsessed-son.html Watch video Sarah Lancashire portrays character sexually obsessed with her son] DM.later('bundle', function() DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-65', 'channelCarousel', "activeClass" : "wocc", "pageCount" : "3.0", "pageSize" : 1, "onPos": 0, "updateStyleOnHover": true ); ); Firefighters were unable to save this home at Bargo, believed to be one of a few dozen lost on a horror day of fire across NSW A firefighter battles against the blazes in Balmoral as NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian placed the state into a state of emergency for the next seven days A home is claimed by the Green Wattle Creek Fire at Buxton and NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian warned conditions on Saturday could lead to further devestation A wall of smoke and fire confronts a member of the Rural Fire Service at Green Wattle in the Blue Mountains Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told media the fire was growing at such a rapid rate that it was currently hard to get exact details on properties lost. 'I suspect we're probably talking in the vicinity of dozens. What that is in terms of homes, sheds, facilities, I just simply don't have that detail at this stage,' he said. 'It's too fast and unfolding as we speak.' Up to 40 homes have been lost and several firefighters rushed to hospital suffering severe burns Bushland in Balmoral was smouldering by Thursday evening after the bushfire ripped through the region 150km south-west of Sydney 'We just do not have the capacity to send people to help at the moment,' a Queensland Fire and Emergency Service spokesman said. 'In fact, we may have to seek help from other states if conditions worsen in Queensland.' Conditions are also worsening at Currowan, on the NSW South Coast, where at 3pm a fire was upgraded to watch and act stage. A firefighter wets down the roof of a property at Tahmoor as the enormous blaze approaches Earlier on Thursday, Ms Berejiklian declared a state of emergency, as temperatures in Sydney's far west hit 45C and 39C in Sydney's CBD. There are concerns the Gospers Mountain fire, ravaging the northern end of the Blue Mountains National Park, could meet the Green Wattle Creek blaze to the south. Firefighters battled in vain to stop the fire from jumping the Bells Line of Road at Berambing - which runs east to west through the national park. Balmoral, 150 kilometres south of Sydney, has been one of the worst hit towns in Thursday fires An RFS member assesses the extent of the fire as he tries desperately to save a property in the NSW Blue Mountains 'It roared over the road, destroying power lines and cutting the various Fire Brigade resources in half stuck on either side of the fire,' [ ] reported from the scene. The Blue Mountains train line has been closed in its outer-western stretch between Lithgow and Mount Victoria as a fire threatens the rail corridor in between the two stations at Bell. Those in the town of Bilpin, meanwhile, are bracing for the fire to reach their homes. During a press conference, the NSW Premier said the 'decision to declare a state of emergency is not taken lightly. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian declared a state of emergency earlier on Thursday, ahead of what was predicted to be one of the most dangerous bushfire days in the state's history With dozens of properties now lost in the fire, firefighters have turned their focus to protecting humans and livestock On a day where temperatures were forecast to hit 45C, winds in the Blue Mountains reached 100km/h 'You only declare states of emergency when it's absolutely necessary and on expert advice from commissioners,' Ms Berejiklian said. It is the second state of emergency she has declared since the start of this year's horror bushfire season. Six people have died and more than 800 homes have been lost. Ms Berejiklian said they weren't expecting conditions to be as catastrophic as they were during the previous state of emergency on November 11. Prior to the November 11 declaration, NSW had not faced a state of emergency since October 2013. The announcement relinquishes decision making powers from the NSW government and allows Commissioner Fitzsimmons more control over his team of firefighters. For the next seven days during the state of emergency, he has the ability to control and coordinate the allocation of government resources, close roads and evacuate residents. 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Or you may end up feeling like you need to "earn" your calories through exercise. Either way, taking this approach can lead to a strained relationship with food and exercise, as well as stalled weight loss. There are exceptions to all rules. Some people, such as those who have spent years putting on [ ][ ], you'll experience sustained weight loss and weight maintenance once you reach your goal weight. Your sleep, stress and workload are working against you Chronic stress and sleep deprivation can hinder weight loss progress. d3sign/Getty Images Losing weight will be a helluva lot harder if you're [ ], [ ][ ][ ] and ready to seize the day. You have plans for a post-work [ ] and your healthy, prepped dinner is waiting in the fridge for you.A few hours into the day, your lack of sleep catches up with you. You reach for the afternoon [ ][ ] that can lead to weight loss. 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