In front of us. Its so much smokier over there. It then started behind our house and i was just standing up there, thinking, � bleep, ,. , , i need to get off the roof now and start fighting. Whoa, kangaroo ok, its coming this way should i get the other pump going . What . What can i do . The fire was just too intense and out of my control. Dad and if india had been in earshot at the time, i was wanting her to get into that fire shelter and just give up. Its over. Weve done the best we can. Oh, no no, no, no it did get really intense and i thought we were going to lose the house. Um. But itjust calmed down for a second and the fire kept going up the mountain. Oh, yeah. It has completely and utterly changed the landscape here for the rest of my life, if not forever. As far as any of the tall trees, mostly all of them have been wiped out. We are right still in the middle of this heatwave, so as we head into the christmas period. That is what happens when you wake at 5 30am so theres very strong evidence irrefutable evidence, in fact that the Climate Of Australia has changed, especially over the last 50 or 70 years. I specialise in heatwaves, so i study how heatwaves have changed over time and whats causing those changes. I have a 2 year old and a 4 year old daughter. It really bothers me that the world that theyre experiencing now is a lot different to my childhood. Ive experienced days of 45 and 47 degrees celsius and that was appalling. It was atrocious. You couldnt do anything. The only way we could stay cool in Western Sydney was to have the air con running all day, and that was a really hard thing for me to do. During my first pregnancy, it was so hot that i actually struggled to go and put the washing on the line. While i was literally about to bring this child into the world, i was thinking, what would summers be like for her in the future . It was the hottest day ever recorded in the sydney basin. Incredibly, the mercury rising to almost 49 degrees. Because Population Increase in sydney is continuing, its spreading out west. The Australian Dream, where you had your half acre or acre block and your own house this Australian Dream could become, basically, australias nightmare. You need a car to actually get from your house to work, because we are also not providing work where you live, you have to commute. Also, there are no shops. People living indoors and you dont see anyone outside, i dont see any kids playing outside. They even put black roofs on top of these houses and then they build them so close together that you have no more space left to actually put trees in, which is crazy when you think of the next 20 or 30 years when we know it is getting hotter out there. In australia, were producing our energy to a large proportion by burning fossil fuels, meaning were producing more co2 by having all these Air Conditioning Units running high, flat out. But there could be simple changes made, and these changes relate to materials. One of the projects where we are demonstrating change is the cool roads trail. Lets take the heat stress trekkers and put them out in this cool street, and well collect some measurements on this stinking hot day. This yellow concrete is only at about 60 degrees, so nearly 10 degrees cooler than the asphalt just out on the road, which is 70 72 degrees. It is quite interesting. They removed all the bitumen and you can see the different surface materials bringing in the verges, planting more trees, so i think its a great idea. Beyond 42 degrees, mortality increases substantially. This is what Climate Change looks like, i ladies and gentlemen. In november2018, up to one third of the entire Australian Spectacled Flying Fox Population just died in a matter of two days. In two hot afternoons. Just like that. So, over the last few years, weve begun Installing Sprinklers in Flying Fox Camps in the hope that they can prevent some of the worst of the mortality. The International Report has australia last when it comes to policies that protect the climate, trailing countries like russia, iran and china. If he said we were doing better than anyone else, he must have looked at the table upside down. Our goal is to reach net zero emissions as soon as possible, and preferably by 2050. Were not going to reduce our emissions to 2 degrees warming by the end of this century. I know that were probably going to reach 3 or 4 degrees, and i know what that means for how many more heatwaves were going to see and how much hotter those heatwaves will be. Sweetheart, youre meant to be unpacking, not packing as a scientist, i know how bad the future looks. I understand that, i comprehend all that, thats what i do for a living. But as a mum, as a person, i guess, as a human being, i really struggle with just how bad those impacts will be. Im worried for my future. Im worried that this house wont be here in another five years, and im worried that no one really cares enough to do anything. So, what plants do you think we should plant in our backyard in our new house . Strawberries. You want strawberries . The brand new house is going to be awesome. Were going to make it Energy Efficient and were going to have lots of solar panels and a white roof and lots of insulation and its going to be oriented the right way and we will have an electric car, when we can buy it. I know weve caused some problems, and i know we also hold the key to the solutions. What else do you like to eat that you think we can grow in our yard . How about some apples . Ooh, mummy likes apples hello there. It certainly was quite an eventful start to our weekend, with storm betty pushing north, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. A pretty grey and blustery start in northern ireland. Here, we had 46 millimetres of rain from storm betty. But the story improved and, actually, we had some sunshine and some warmth coming through. By the end of the afternoon, temperatures in Lincolnshire Peaking at 25. 9 celsius. So this was the story, then, on saturday, with storm betty anchored to the north west, starting to drift its way a little bit further westward. So as we go through the day on sunday, we will have more cloud the further north and west and a few scattered showers to begin with. And then into the afternoon, perhaps some more showers developing across the western half of england and wales. Further east, drier, settled with some sunshine. And temperatures, well, 17 to 21 degrees for scotland and northern ireland, perhaps peaking at 24 or 25 degrees 77 fahrenheit for england and wales. Into the first part of next week, low pressure will move in from the north and it will bring showers or longer spells of Rain Across Scotland and northern ireland. Some blustery winds as well. For england and wales, it stays largely dry with showers fairly isolated, and with a south westerly Wind Direction, those temperatures will start to climb. Itll feel quite pleasant, in actual fact. Temperatures peaking at 26 degrees here, 16 to 21 under the cloud and the rain. A similar story as we move into tuesday, always the risk of some showers continuing into the far north and west and a few along west facing coasts. But therell be plenty of sunshine and plenty of warmth. It will feel quite pleasant. Once again, those temperatures peaking widely into the mid 20s across central and southern england. But by the middle part of the week, we are expecting a change. A Weather Front could potentially bring some wetter weather, and as this drifts its way steadily eastwards, the Wind Direction will swing around to a fresher north westerly. So that means that were going to lose some of that warmth. The russet tones disappear back to the near continent. It will be a cooler story towards the end of the working week. So further north, it looks likely it will stay cool and showery at times, with temperatures mid to high teens. But even across england and wales, a noticeable difference to the feel of the weather, although we might not see that much rain in the far south east. Live from washington. This is bbc news. Hurricane hilary is fast approaching the us, putting the southern part of california under its first ever Tropical Storm watch. British columbia is under a State Of Emergency as wildfires continue to rage across canada. And excitement is building as england and spain prepare to face off in the womens world cup final. Hello, im carl nasman, thanks forjoining us. We begin the programme with something that has never happened before in Southern California the Us National Weather service issuing the areas first ever Tropical Storm warning. Hurricane hilary is on its way. The storm has just been downgraded to a category 2 hurricane, with winds of up to 110 miles per hour. Its expected to make landfall soon in mexico. Locals are preparing for the storm, here in the resort of cabo san lucas. There are warnings of potentially catastrophic flooding, although forecasters think the storm will lose some of its wind speed as it reaches Southern California. Preparations are also under way there, including work to shore up hillsides. Officials there are worried about landslides and majorflooding. Nearly 26 Million People in the south western us are now under a Tropical Storm warning as Hurricane Hilary makes its way up the pacific coast. Mexicos government has placed 18,000 soldiers on standby to assist in potential rescue efforts. The head of the us federal Emergency Management agency