<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> is set for a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/heatwave" rel="" target="" title="scorcher"><span>scorcher</span></a><span> today with temperatures </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/weather-news" rel="" target="" title="forecast"><span>forecast</span></a><span> to reach up to 43 degrees in some suburbs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities have warned that the intense heat, paired with strong winds are the recipe for extreme </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/fires" rel="" target="" title="fire danger"><span>fire danger</span></a><span> with total fire bans put in place across Greater Sydney to minimise fire risk.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Saturday fire ban comes after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="" title="NSW"><span>NSW</span></a><span> fire danger rated five districts as extreme risks, including in the Sydney area.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-bushfires-longwood-ruffy-unrecognisable-scenes/18de54ff-08d1-4ffb-b690-9c204acb4604" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'Like an atomic bomb': Small town unrecognisable as fire destroys homes</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Temperatures hit 27 degrees in some parts of the city as early as 5.30am, with weather expected to get as hot as 43 degrees in Sydney's west by the late afternoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A cooler change is set to come almost immediately, with temperatures of 26 degrees and rainy conditions forecast to roll in tomorrow.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/storms" rel="" target="" title="Thunderstorms"><span>Thunderstorms</span></a><span> are also set to develop with wet conditions slated for the entirety of next week. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-set-for-intense-heat/99df6d08-5ded-4d24-a90e-1eb77a0307d2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>People heading to waterways to beat the heat are being urged to remain safe after a four-year-old boy died overnight after he was pulled unconscious from a pool on the NSW mid-north coast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span></span></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>