Widespread heat recorded across South Australia, Victoria, Northern Territory and New South Wales

Victoria recorded its highest December temperatures in five years on Monday, as towns and cities across the country sweltered in widespread heat.

The Bureau of Meteorology said the state’s highest temperature on Monday was recorded at Walpeup, in Victoria’s north-west, which reached 47.1C at 2.25pm.

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