Australia Dealing With Extreme Heat

(CNN)Australians are sweltering in temperatures as much as 12 degrees Celsius (53 Fahrenheit) above average after another extreme heatwave swept across the country Monday, the second in under a month. Temperatures rose above 40 C (104 F) at the weekend and the extreme weather is expected to last the week. One town in northwestern Australia, Marble Bar, has now had 22 consecutive days of temperatures above 40 C, at one point almost reaching 50 C (122 F).