Avoid suffering sunburn during heatwaves

Adelaide has sweltered through its hottest day in 130 years of records yesterday, hitting 46.6 degrees Celsius. As parts of Australia swelter in a record-breaking heatwave, warnings are being issued about the dangers of sunburn. New data reveals that nearly 40 per cent of Victorians have had one or more bad sunburns that lasted a day or more last summer.

Almost half of people got sunburnt this summer and many would be willing to risk it again in their search for a tan, a survey suggested today. Source: AAP