2017 set to sit among top-3 hottest ever

Weather forecasters are predicting 2017 will be one of the hottest on record, even without a boost from an El Niño. Image: Bondi Beach as temperatures soared in Sydney, in 2015 (AAP)

Bondi Beach, tumanggap ng pinaka-mainit na panahon sa Sydney noong 2015 Source: AAP