Just an hour after Henry Kiss from the Portsea Surf Life Saving Club posted on social media about the upcoming dangerous conditions, the predictions became a reality.
His team were alerted to an unresponsive swimmer at Gunnamatta Beach, one of Victoria’s most dangerous stretches of coastline.
“Gunnamatta is a treacherous beach, it’s very well known, it has large surf,” Kane Treloar from Life Saving Victoria said.
The fire in the Grampians has burnt through 46,000 hectares.
It’s contained but even today in Arart, residents were forced to put out spot fires at Green Hill Lake.
The extreme heat is being fanned by a wind change.
Miriam Bradbury from the Bureau of Meteorology explained to 9News, “The cold front is bringing down the heat from the northern parts of Australia.”
The heat has also prompted a warning to pet owners, from the Lost Dogs Home.
Temira Keat from Lost Dogs Home advised on 9News, “If the pavement is too hot for you to leave your hand on for seven seconds, then it’s too hot for your dogs.”
There is a heatwave warning current for parts of the state, including East Gippsland and West and South Gippsland Districts.
The hot weather is set to last into tomorrow, with authorities fearing the worst is yet to come.
