Sunday 8 February 2009

Victorian tragedy


Melbourne had it's hottest ever day yesterday when the temperature reached 46.4c (115.5f).

Shockingly, powerful winds fanned huge bush fires across the state and at the time of this post 14 people have been confirmed to have died in them and fears are held for another 25 who are missing.

My condolences to all those who have lost loved ones in the fires.

There are also bush fires in my home state of New South Wales but thankfully so far no fatalities here.

UPDATE: The latest confirmed death toll in Victoria is 181.

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