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• Melbourne weather: Searing heat gives way to cooler temperatures ...

  

  Melbourne weather: Searing heat gives way to cooler temperatures in extreme overnight changePostedJanuary 14, 2016 13:55:00 Melbourne's searing heat has given way to brisk winds and a sharp drop in temperature.The mercury plunged from a high of 41.6 degrees Celsius in the city yesterday evening to just 17C this morning.The change brought with it wind gusts of up to 100kph.In Victoria's north, temperatures in Swan Hill dropped almost 29C overnight from a scorching top of 44.6C in the late aft..

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  Warning issued for grassfire at The Gurdies, south-east of Melbourne, downgradedUpdatedJanuary 13, 2016 22:36:49 An emergency warning issued for St Helier and The Gurdies on Western Port Bay, south-east of Melbourne, has been downgraded to an advice alert.The Country Fire Authority said a grassfire at The Gurdies - St Helier Road was now under control.A watch an act warningis still in place for Grantville on Western Port Bay, where a fire is burning in mangroves in an inaccessible area near ..

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