SYDNEY, NOV 25 – Australia’s most populous state faces an increased risk of high power outages following a severe heatwave forecast, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said today.
AEMO has issued a power outage risk warning for the state of New South Wales (NSW), including Sydney, from Tuesday to Thursday with electricity demand expected to increase due to hot weather, reports Xinhua.
The maximum temperature in Sydney is expected to reach 31 degrees Celsius (C) on Tuesday and 33 degrees C on Wednesday. Elsewhere in the state of 8.4 million people, temperatures are forecast to exceed 39 degrees C.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) yesterday issued a heatwave warning for most of the densely populated east coast of the state for three days from Monday. – Named
