AT least 50 people succumbed to record heat wave on Wednesday in Adelaide in south Australia, seeking hospital treatment for a range of heat-related conditions.
South Australian Health Minister John Hill said that most of those seeking help were elderly people who required treatment for dehydration, according to local weather bureau.
The weather bureau said that the mercury rose to 37.5 degrees at noon, completing the longest hot stretch since the start of official temperature records in 1887 and beating the eight days over 35 recorded in 1934, according to local media reports.
With the hot weather set to continue into next week, Hill said that it is important to everyone to stay out of the sun during the day, especially the elderly and the very young.
Adelaide is in the grip of its longest heat wave on record with the temperature on Tuesday topping 35 degrees for the ninth day in a row.
The hot start to autumn could also give the city its hottest March on record with the average maximum temperature for the month so far topping 36 degrees, well above the long-term average of 26 degrees.
Source:Xinhua
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