Overview
- Sydney is forecast to reach about 39°C in the CBD and 41°C in Penrith, marking the city’s hottest day since January 2024.
- Authorities report more than 75 bushfires burning across NSW, with a blaze near Bulahdelah closing the M1 and property losses estimated at around a dozen homes.
- Evacuations were urged in parts of the Central Coast and Upper Hunter, and a fire in Goulburn River National Park has burned more than 9,000 hectares.
- More than 1,500 firefighters and 300 vehicles have been deployed, with total fire bans in nine regions and extreme fire danger in Greater Sydney, the Hunter and Illawarra/Shoalhaven.
- The Bureau of Meteorology warns that Sunday’s wind change may trigger severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, large hail and dry lightning, and it forecasts a warmer-than-normal summer that heightens heatwave and fire risk.