News Encyclopedia: How heat affects roads, trains and planes

Cars backed up on the Hume Freeway near Seymour.

Source: ABC; Facebook/ John Lang

Roads can soften, train tracks do expand, and flights delayed - this is how heat can affect the three modes of transport we depend on most. Winmas Yu has more in this episode of News Encyclopedia.



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