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   John Englart (takvera@c.im)'s status on Saturday, 09-Mar-2024 19:09:41 JST John Englart

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   Melbourne's Moomba Festival march cancelled due to extreme heat forecast for Monday, the 3rd day in a severe #heatwave event for Victoria.

   More reporting on confusing advice for festival goers to the Pitch music festival in western Victoria.

   #MoombaFestival #ClimateCrisis
   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-09/music-festival-extreme-heat-bushfire-victoria-pitch-golden-plain/103568338

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     John Englart (takvera@c.im)'s status on Saturday, 09-Mar-2024 19:09:42 JST John Englart

     Festival goers to Music and Arts Festival, Pitch, near the Grampians in Western Victoria, have been advised to leave amid warnings over extreme heat and fire danger. Organisers have refused to cancel the event.
     There is a total fire ban declared for most of Victoria, plus threat of #bushfires with a Severe #heatwave this weekend with temperatures topping 39C or 40C.

     #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis
     https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/09/festivalgoers-in-victoria-told-to-leave-amid-warnings-over-extreme-heat-and-fire-danger

     Tokyo Outsider (337ppm) repeated this.