The Sydney Morning Herald | 'Unusually intense': big heatwave may not crest until mid-next week The Sydney Morning Herald The first major heatwave of the summer started to lap Sydney's suburbs on Wednesday and is unlikely to fully recede for another week. Sydney's central business district will be spared the worst of the heat for most of the coming seven days as cooling ... Australian capital cities all soaring past 30C mark as nationwide heatwave hits Summer's first heatwave hits hard, putting energy regulator on notice Record heatwave sweeping across Australia with highs of 43C |