Western Sydney is expected to cop the brunt of the social, economic and health cost of increased heatwaves in coming decades, a new report has revealed.
With the number of days of 35C set to double from 10 days a year in 2010 to 2019, to 20 days a year in 2070-79, the real cost of heatwaves could quadruple to $6.8bn by 2079 for households, government and businesses.
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