Authorities urge people to avoid the outdoors during the hottest part of the day, to check in on elderly friends and neighbours and to keep pets cool
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New South Wales Health is urging music festival goers to take precautions in the extreme heat on Saturday.
Dr Darren Roberts, Medical Director of the NSW Poisons Information Centre, said that festival organisers would have special measures in place to cope with temperatures of up to 44C in parts of the state.
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