South-east Queensland bracing for ‘exceptional’ temperatures amid record-breaking heatwave

A record-breaking heatwave sweeping across Queensland is expected to peak in the south-east today, with temperatures forecast to reach up to 34 degrees Celsius in Brisbane.

Temperatures in Gympie and the Ipswich suburb of Amberley. are forecast to reach 38C.

Elsewhere, Toowoomba is forecast to…