3 days in a row over 42C (108 F)
From the Newspaper:
A SIGNIFICANTLY higher than average number of sudden deaths have occurred across Adelaide on the third consecutive day of 42 C-plus temperatures.
Since midnight, police have attended deaths at 18 separate addresses across the metropolitan area.
Most of the people who died have been elderly.
Police could not confirm the deaths were heat-related - however, they did say the number of deaths was "significantly higher" than average.
Earlier, South Australian Health said at least 60 people have already ended up in emergency departments across the state with heat-related conditions.
Heat to continue
Respite is still at least a week away in South Australia, where the state's electricity supply was cut in rolling blackouts amid record demand.
Yesterday's temperature in Adelaide reached 43.4C at 3.10pm after an overnight minimum of 33.9C at 12.30am, which surpassed the previous record of 33.5C on January 24, 1982.
Daytime temperatures are forecast to remain at 38C or above for the next seven days, before rising to 40C again next Thursday. Experts say Adelaide could match or exceed last year's record heatwave of 15 days of temperatures above 35C.
Rail workers toiled through the night to prepare buckled tracks for morning commuters and perishable food was ruined in supermarkets.