{"id":497842,"date":"2026-01-07T02:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/497842\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T02:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:00:12","slug":"bom-issues-severe-weather-warnings-as-temperatures-soar-above-40-in-victoria-extreme-bushfire-risk-declared-for-wimmera-adelaide-perth-hobart-swelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/497842\/","title":{"rendered":"BoM issues severe weather warnings as temperatures soar above 40 in Victoria; extreme bushfire risk declared for Wimmera; Adelaide, Perth, Hobart swelter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are total fire bans in three regions across the state today, in force in the Central, South-West and Wimmera districts.<\/p>\n<p>This means people in these districts cannot light a fire, or allow a fire to remain lit in the open air from 12.01am until 11.59pm on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>During the ban, there are restrictions on the use of barbecues and outdoor cooking, fire pits and campfires, welding or grinding, and gas-powered wildlife scaring guns. The full list of restrictions can be found <a class=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfa.vic.gov.au\/warnings-restrictions\/fire-bans-ratings-and-restrictions\/can-i-or-cant-i\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a fire is still burning in the state\u2019s northeast at Thologolong, on the border with NSW close to Wodonga, which has now burnt 814 hectares.<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman at the State Control Fire said crews had contended with escalating fire activity on the western flank of the blaze on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>While there was little fire activity overnight into Wednesday, a northerly wind change expected later on Wednesday was causing concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is plenty of steep, rock terrain, with limited access track through there making it difficult for crews &#8230; it\u2019s a dynamic situation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have aircraft on scene today, as well as Forest Fire Management Victoria, conducting containment efforts and starting asset protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Residents near the fire are being urged to keep up to date with <a class=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/emergency.vic.gov.au\/respond\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">VicEmergency<\/a> warnings and emergency broadcasting stations.<\/p>\n<p>Related Article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/environment\/weather\/four-conditions-set-the-scene-for-catastrophic-fire-conditions-so-far-there-s-only-two-20260106-p5nrz1.html\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"sc-cba76dee-0 hLTVHY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sydney and Melbourne will swelter through the hottest weather in years over the coming week.\" aspectratios=\"[object Object]\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1f583e49bb1e20a7593ba1cd029ca3322f17c358.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d2942506-1 ffXaNQ\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the heat, fire danger ratings are not rising to extreme levels.<\/p>\n<p>Fortuitously, only two of the four horsemen of the bushfire apocalypse \u2013 heat and fuel \u2013 are up and riding across the landscape this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Without the other two ingredients of catastrophic bushfires \u2013 drought and hot winds \u2013 we are unlikely to see a repeat of the gigantic fire front that swept through vast swathes of the eastern seaboard in 2019-20.<\/p>\n<p>Read Mike Foley\u2019s <a class=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/environment\/weather\/four-conditions-set-the-scene-for-catastrophic-fire-conditions-so-far-there-s-only-two-20260106-p5nrz1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full analysis of Australia\u2019s bushfire danger here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are total fire bans in three regions across the state today, in force in the Central, South-West&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":497843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-497842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115851351191203116","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}