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Ouyen drops to low of 25C before sun comes up on Wednesday

As the sun began rising over the little Victorian town of Ouyen this morning, so, again, did the heat. Yesterday’s possibly record-breaking temperatures are an augury of an overheating planet, but are also just one day in a long string of 40C+ days in this very hot part of the world.

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Source: Guardian - World News