Australia experiences hottest summer on record

Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology says the country has experienced its hottest summer on record.

Hundreds of individual heat records were shattered across the country over the past three months.

The warm weather which is above the long-term average has caused bushfires, blackouts and a rise in hospital admissions.

Wildlife also suffered with reports of mass deaths of wild horses, native bats and fish.

Australian climatologist, Blair Trewin, told newsmen that almost everywhere in the country were affected.