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Australia records hottest ever winter temperature with some areas set to be 10C above average

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Yampi Sound in the Kimberley region of Western Australia reached 41.6C on Tuesday .

The temperature is the new Australia -wide maximum temperature record for any winter month .

Birdsville in Queensland had its hottest August day on record, hitting 38.4C.

South Australia , the NT and Western Australia are also sweltering under the heat.

The Bureau of Meteorology has published a severe weather update, looking at the damaging wind sweeping parts of Victoria and Tasmania .

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