CANBERRA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua/APP):South Australia (SA) has been warned that the catastrophic fore conditions could persist. According to a long-range prediction released by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), much of South Australia is expected to endure above-average heat and below-average rainfall for months. “Daytime temperatures for January to March 2020 are likely to be warmer than average for almost all of Australia,” it said. “February to April is also likely to be warmer than average Australia-wide… with warmer January days likely for the north and east, and along much of the coastline of SA and WA (West Australia).” The bureau forecast a wetter January in “the western half of SA” but said that the rest of the state can expect little or no rain. South Australia has been one of the states hit hardest by the ongoing nationwide bushfire crisis. More than 160,000 hectares of Kangaroo Island, one third of which is a protected wildlife reserve, has burnt so far and two people were confirmed to have been killed on the island on Saturday. “People are traumatized – wives, husbands and kids walked out of their houses on Friday, and came back to nothing,” Michael Pengilly, mayor of Kangaroo Island, … Continue reading Catastrophic bushfire conditions in South Australia to persist for months: forecast