Adelaide has sweated through a 38°C morning, as millions of people in the country's south face the height of a summer heatwave. With temperatures eight degrees Celsius to 16 degrees Celsius above average, heatwave warnings were issued for South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, and remote areas of Western Australia.

Australia's southern regions swelter in the first heatwave of the season, temperature hits 38°C in Adelaide

In Iraq, the drought has hit hard the flow of the Euphrates has dropped visibly in the recent months while scorching temperatures sometimes reached 50 degrees Celsius. In Saudi Arabia as well temperatures have gone up to 50 degrees Celsius, some are escaping to the city of fog.

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Australia's southern regions swelter in the first heatwave of the season, temperature hits 38°C in Adelaide

WION Climate Tracker | Extreme heat hits Iraq and Saudi Arabia