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REFILE-Australian heat wave sears new colours onto maps

(Removes extraneous word from headline) SYDNEY, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Australia's record-breaking heatwave has sent temperatures soaring, melting road tar and setting off hundreds of wildfires - as well as searing new colours onto weather maps. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has added dark purple and magenta to its colour-coded weather forecasting map to represent temperatures of 51 to 54 degrees Celsius (123.8 to 129.2 Fahrenheit), officials said.

2012 was hottest year on record in U.S., climate agency says

By James B. Kelleher CHICAGO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The year 2012 was the warmest on record for the contiguous United States, beating the previous record by a full degree in temperature, a government climate agency said on Tuesday.
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